Farragut Road & East 85th Street

Farragut Road and East 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, is 0.3 miles away for the B17, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Remsen Av/Farragut Rd · B17
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Farragut Road & East 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the B17.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/Farragut Rd B17
    0.3 miles
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
42 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of East 85th Street

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

West side of East 85th Street

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

North side of Farragut Road

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

South side of Farragut Road

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

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 85th Street or Farragut Road.

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