East 96th Street & Seaview Court

East 96th Street and Seaview Court meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Canarsie Neighborhood Farm and Garden is 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Pkwy/Schenck St, is 530 feet away for the B42, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and seven places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1980, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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East 96th Street & Seaview Court Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Schenck St, 530 feet away, for the B42.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Schenck St B42
    530 feet
    B42

Next buses at this stop

  1. B42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 940 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 9612 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.4 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Seaview Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Seaview Court

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy School
    790 feet
  2. Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Canarsie Park
    620 feet
  2. Canarsie Neighborhood Farm and Garden
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jude Church House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hebrew Educational Society Community Center
    1,030 feet
  2. Older adult center at 9502 Seaview Avenue Older adult center
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three 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:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.