Farragut Road & Varkens Hook Road

Farragut Road and Varkens Hook Road meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, is 920 feet away for the B17, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Remsen Av/Farragut Rd · B17
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Farragut Road & Varkens Hook Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Farragut Rd, 920 feet away, for the B17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/Farragut Rd B17
    920 feet
    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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 971 Remsen Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes 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 January 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1950 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Clarkson Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Canarsie Ascend Middle School
    1,270 feet
  3. Explore Excel Charter School
    1,300 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 114 Ryder Elementary School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Farragut Road or Varkens Hook 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.