East 96th Street & Conklin Avenue

East 96th Street and Conklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Library is 1,090 feet away, and Olympus Academy is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
850 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
E 96 St/Flatlands Av · B6, B82
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 96th Street & Conklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    850 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 96 St/Flatlands Av, 260 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 96 St/Flatlands Av B6, B82
    260 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1,210 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Enhanced crossing, July 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the eastern redbud and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Conklin Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Conklin Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 329791.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Fob School of Health Careers Trade or language school
    270 feet
  2. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    450 feet
  3. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    1,310 feet
  2. Olympus Academy School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Canarsie Library
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Canarsie Community Reformed Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie House of worship
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    790 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Conklin Avenue or East 96th Street.

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