East 96th Street & Skidmore Avenue

East 96th Street and Skidmore Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Jude Church is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Pkwy/Skidmore Av, is 520 feet away for the B42, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places and nine places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1980, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1,150 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Rockaway Pkwy/Skidmore Av · B42
Within a walk
8 places
1 community center, 1 day care or pre-K site and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Pkwy/Skidmore Av, 520 feet away, for the B42.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Pkwy/Skidmore Av B42
    520 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, 1,150 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 9612 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
11 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 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bur oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of East 96th Street

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

South side of Skidmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy School
    560 feet
  2. Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Canarsie Park
    730 feet
  2. Canarsie Neighborhood Farm and Garden
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jamaica Bay Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Jude Church House of worship
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Hebrew Educational Society Community Center
    810 feet
  2. Older adult center at 9502 Seaview Avenue Older adult center
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.