Flatbush Avenue & Albemarle Road

Flatbush Avenue and Albemarle Road meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Erasmus, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Town Hall, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 680 feet away, and Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd · B41
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Albemarle Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd, 120 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Albemarle Rd B41
    120 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Albemarle Rd & E 21 St 21 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Erasmus
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

North side of Albemarle Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Albemarle Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302839, 307815, 307816, 328164 and 339007.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1916 and 1917.

  1. Flatbush Town Hall Designated landmark
    680 feet
  2. Erasmus Hall Academy Designated landmark
    780 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    800 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - Flatbush School
    680 feet
  2. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    1,080 feet
Show all 9
  1. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    1,080 feet
  2. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,080 feet
  3. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,080 feet
  4. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,080 feet
  5. Norma Adams Clemons Academy School
    1,100 feet
  6. Starting Point Serv - St. Marks School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lott Park
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    590 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    300 feet
  2. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    490 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    650 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,310 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albemarle Road or Flatbush Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.