East 57th Street & Avenue I

East 57th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fox Playground is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 57 St, is 300 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Flatlands Av/E 57 St · B82
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 library and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 57th Street & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 57 St, 300 feet away, for the B82.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 57 St B82
    300 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
11 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1966.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 57th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 57th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school
  • 1 swimming pool

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 251 Paerdegat School
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    1,010 feet
  2. Fox Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 57th Street.

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