Farragut Road & East 31st Street

Farragut Road and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Farragut Rd/Nostrand Av · B44
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Farragut Road & East 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Farragut Rd/Nostrand Av, 170 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Farragut Rd/Nostrand Av B44
    170 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 171 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 31st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Farragut Road

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Farragut Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Leapz 2 Success Child Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. P.S. 361 East Flatbush Early Childhood School
    590 feet
  3. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    810 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nostrand Playground
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 31st Street or Farragut Road.

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