East 29th Street & Avenue I

East 29th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Post Office is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
1,270 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue I · B44
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 29th Street & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 1,270 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    1,270 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue I, 380 feet away, for the B44.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue I B44
    380 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 29th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of East 29th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305701 and 319909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Yeshiva Vyelipol School
    930 feet
  3. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  2. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    490 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or East 29th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.