Flatbush Avenue & Avenue K

Flatbush Avenue and Avenue K meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 119 Amersfort is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue K, is 90 feet away for the B41, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue K · B41
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Avenue K Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue K, 90 feet away, for the B41.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue K B41
    90 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    800 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Avenue K

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 330410 and 330446.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 119 Amersfort School
    490 feet
  2. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Amersfort Park
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatlands Reformed Church House of worship
    1,250 feet
  2. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 Avenue K or Flatbush Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.