East 98th Street & Saratoga Avenue

East 98th Street and Saratoga Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Flatbush Library is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 98 St/Lott Av · B15
Within a walk
13 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.3 miles
    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/Lott Av, 70 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Lott Av B15 · Shelter
    70 feet
    B15
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Church Ave 21 docks in all
    580 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

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
24 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.

Since 2014 at least 160 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 98th Street

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

East side of Saratoga Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Saratoga Avenue

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 165 Ida Posner School
    1,040 feet
  2. Riverdale Avenue Community School
    1,290 feet
  3. Riverdale Avenue Middle School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Flatbush Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congrectional El Verbo Church House of worship
    700 feet
  2. Calvary Nazarene Church House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 20 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 Saratoga 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.