Flatbush Avenue & Avenue H

Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 74 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Hillel Place Plaza is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 34 places to eat.

Safety record
49 hurt
74 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
390 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatbush Av/Av H · B41
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    390 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Av H, 40 feet away, for the B41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Av H B41
    40 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 74 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 48 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 24 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2009
  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2014
  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Avenue H

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

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302447, 306755 and 317803.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    1,020 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    990 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    80 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue H or Flatbush Avenue.

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