East New York Avenue & Buffalo Avenue

East New York Avenue and Buffalo Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
East New York Av/E 96 St · B12
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & Buffalo Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    1,130 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 “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is East New York Av/E 96 St, 40 feet away, for the B12.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. East New York Av/E 96 St B12
    40 feet
    B12

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Buffalo Avenue and East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Buffalo Ave & E New York Ave 24 docks in all
    80 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1412 Eastern Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 170 Buffalo Avenue Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Buffalo Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    120 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    670 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    1,110 feet
  3. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    1,110 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet
  6. Creative Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Buffalo Avenue or East New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.