East 98th Street & Howard Avenue

East 98th Street and Howard Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Division 15/Engine 283 firehouse is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
E 98 St/Clarkson Av · B15
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 98th Street & Howard Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    990 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.4 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Clarkson Av, 320 feet away, for the B15.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Clarkson Av B15
    320 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kings Hwy & E 98 St 18 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

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

East side of Howard Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    1,230 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,230 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    1,230 feet
  3. East Brooklyn Community High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Garden
    1,080 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    1,250 feet
  3. Betsy Head Park
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    690 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    800 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th Street or Howard Avenue.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.