Farragut Road & East 78th Street

Farragut Road and East 78th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Glenwood Playground is 320 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Farragut Rd, is 280 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Ralph Av/Farragut Rd · B47
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Farragut Road & East 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Farragut Rd, 280 feet away, for the B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Farragut Rd B47
    280 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 401 East 80th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 78th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 78th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Farragut Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Farragut Road

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Canarsie Childhood Center Preschool
    770 feet
  3. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glenwood Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glenwood Community Center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 78th Street or Farragut Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.