East 59th Street & Paerdegat Avenue South

East 59th Street and Paerdegat Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Paerdegat Library is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, is 310 feet away for the B6, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Glenwood Rd/E 58 St · B6
Within a walk
14 places
7 schools, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 59th Street & Paerdegat Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/E 58 St, 310 feet away, for the B6.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/E 58 St B6
    310 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    860 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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)
Flatlands
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 59th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 59th Street

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

East side of Paerdegat Avenue South

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Paerdegat Avenue South

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    990 feet
  2. Academy for Conservation and the Environment School
    1,170 feet
  3. Brooklyn Bridge Academy School
    1,170 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity School
    1,170 feet
  2. Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
    1,170 feet
  3. Uncommon Preparatory CHS School
    1,170 feet
  4. Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
    1,170 feet
  5. Victory Collegiate High School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fox Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. Fox Playground Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    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 12 places to eat and seven 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 59th Street or Paerdegat Avenue South.

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