Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 116 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Central Methodist Episcopal Church stands 550 feet away, and Khalil Gibran International Academy is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, is about a minute on foot, and 12 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 101 places to eat.

Safety record
55 hurt
116 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
330 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Atlantic Av/4 Av · B116
Within a walk
21 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 9 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    330 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
9 lines
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Outbound
4 lines
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Southbound
5 lines
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  4. Q …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Bergen St 2, 3
    1,320 feet
    2 3
  2. Fulton St G
    0.3 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hook (Archean Reach), Line (Sea House), and Sinker (Mined Swell),” (2004) by George Trakas (in collaboration with di Domenico + Partners) at the Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Atlantic Av/4 Av, 50 feet away, for the B116.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Atlantic Av/4 Av B116
    50 feet
    B116

Next buses at this stop

  1. B116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Atlantic Ave & Fort Greene Pl 53 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 116 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 55 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 1996
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
35 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Park Slope
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 131 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Atlantic Avenue

  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 13 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 2 signs TAXI/FHV 7AM-MIDNIGHT ALL DAYS PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 43 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1859.

  1. Central Methodist Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    550 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    710 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    600 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    1,000 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    1,000 feet
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  1. Brooklyn High School of the Arts School
    1,090 feet
  2. The Exploratory School
    1,090 feet
  3. Hanson Place Child Development Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Pacific Street Garden
    280 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    1,150 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    290 feet
  3. Pacific Library
    680 feet
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  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    880 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Barclays Center Stadium or arena
    710 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    450 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    490 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    530 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    60 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 101 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Atlantic Avenue or Flatbush Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.