East 38th Street & Avenue R
East 38th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, E 36 St/Avenue R, is 550 feet away for the B2, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is E 36 St/Avenue R, 550 feet away, for the B2.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- E 36 St/Avenue R B2550 feetB2
Next buses at this stop
- B2 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue R
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary School1,280 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship920 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 37th Street & Avenue R 260 feet
- Avenue R & Ryder Street 260 feet
- Avenue R & Kimball Street 520 feet
- Avenue R & East 36th Street 530 feet
- East 38th Street & Fillmore Avenue 780 feet
- East 38th Street & Quentin Road 780 feet
- Avenue R & Coleman Street 780 feet
- East 35th Street & Avenue R 800 feet
See every intersection along Avenue R or East 38th Street.