Flatbush Avenue & Avenue L

Flatbush Avenue and Avenue L meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Sunday School stands 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Flatbush Av, is 50 feet away for the B9, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Avenue L/Flatbush Av · B9
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Avenue L Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Flatbush Av, 50 feet away, for the B9.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue L/Flatbush Av B9
    50 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    220 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

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

South side of Avenue L

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

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

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

North side of Overbaugh Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Overbaugh Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 321602.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1848.

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    440 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Midwood Catholic Academy School
    1,150 feet
  2. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarsfield Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place
    510 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatlands Reformed Church Landmark
    510 feet
  2. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    620 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    570 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue L or Flatbush Avenue.

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