East 98th Street & Legion Street

East 98th Street and Legion Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 355 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Congrectional El Verbo Church is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
E 98 St/Willmohr St · B15
Within a walk
13 places
9 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 98th Street & Legion Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    1,310 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 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/Willmohr St, 200 feet away, for the B15.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Willmohr St B15
    200 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willmohr St & Rockaway Pkwy 16 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 355 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,386th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 207 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Brownsville
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 2018 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

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

East side of Legion Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Legion Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,180 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    990 feet
  2. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th Street or Legion Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.