East 38th Street & Avenue D
East 38th Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Pauls Methodist Church is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- 2 lines at the nearest station
- Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 50.5 miles2 5
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
2 lines- 2 …
- 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines- 2 …
- 5 …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 38 St, 100 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 38 St B8100 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Cortelyou Rd & Albany Ave 21 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 4210 Farragut Road Gas station0.6 miles
- 395 Lenox Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 4 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Farragut
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.
Since 2014 at least 72 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue D
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
South side of Avenue D
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
East side of East 38th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 38th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School1,070 feet
Houses of worship
- St Pauls Methodist Church House of worship100 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 37th Street & Avenue D 260 feet
- Avenue D & East 39th Street 260 feet
- Avenue D & East 40th Street 520 feet
- Brooklyn Avenue & Avenue D 530 feet
- Albany Avenue & Avenue D 790 feet
- East 35th Street & Avenue D 800 feet
- East 38th Street & Clarendon Road 840 feet
- Foster Avenue & East 38th Street 860 feet
See every intersection along Avenue D or East 38th Street.