East New York Avenue & East 96th Street

East New York Avenue and East 96th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn, at the edge of Lincoln Terrace Park. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them schools, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
East New York Av/E 96 St · B12
Within a walk
15 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East New York Avenue & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    1,280 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, 60 feet away, for the B12.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on East New York Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Buffalo Ave & E New York Ave 24 docks in all
    220 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 77 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village; the corner is on the edge of the Lincoln Terrace Park area
Elevation
52 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 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of East New York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 189 the Bilingual Center School
    270 feet
  2. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    810 feet
  3. Brownsville Academy High School
    810 feet
Show all 9
  1. P.S. 398 Walter Weaver School
    960 feet
  2. P.S. 770 New American Academy School
    960 feet
  3. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Seneca Village Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  6. Creative Minds Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    50 feet
  2. East Flatbush Children's Playground
    1,220 feet
  3. Lincoln Terrace Park / Arthur S. Somers Playground
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 East New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.