East 96th Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 96th Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Making a Difference Academy is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av, is 0.3 miles away for the B60, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av · B60
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Av/Ditmas Av B60
    0.3 miles
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden Blvd & Rockaway Pkwy 24 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 9701 Ditmas Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
42
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 500 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 1945 and 1960.

Trees

Nine 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
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

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

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 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

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Making a Difference Academy School
    920 feet
  2. Making a Difference for the Future Preschool
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Railroad Playground
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.

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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.