Flatbush Avenue & Avenue O

Flatbush Avenue and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Power Playground is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue R, is 160 feet away for the B9 and B41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and 21 places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue R · B9, B41
Within a walk
7 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 fire station and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Avenue O Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue R, 160 feet away, for the B9 and B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue R B9, B41 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B9 B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    920 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    750 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue O

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Avenue R

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

South side of Avenue R

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

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

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322248, 322249, 322289 and 324325.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Trust Triangle
    40 feet
  2. Power Playground
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship
    420 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ryder Retail Post Office
    350 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 309/Ladder 159 Fire station
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O, Avenue R 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.