Flatbush Avenue & Carlton Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Carlton Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist stands 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 7 Av, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
7 Av
130 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Flatbush Av/Park Pl · B41, B69, B116
Within a walk
16 places
5 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Carlton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 7 Av, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av B, Q
    130 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Grand Army Plaza 2, 3
    860 feet
    2 3
  2. Bergen St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Park Pl, 110 feet away, for the B41, B69 and B116.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Park Pl B41, B69, B116
    110 feet
    B41 B69 B116

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B69 …
  3. B116 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Carlton Avenue.

  • 88 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Park Pl & Carlton Ave 27 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 535 Carlton Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11238
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 8
City Council district
35 and 39 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
78
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Prospect Heights
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 10am to 7pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm, 2 hour passenger vehicles Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

East side of Carlton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Carlton Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306635 and 310847.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 419 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Grec. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1887.

  1. Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist Designated landmark
    240 feet
  2. Grace United Methodist Episcopal Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    380 feet
  3. St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. The Nook Park Slope Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  2. Montessori Day School of Brooklyn Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. Eladia's Kids Parent Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. Park Slope Child Care Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  2. I.S. 340 School
    1,000 feet
  3. Berkeley-Carroll School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grand Army Plaza
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Buildings at 375-379 Flatbush Avenue and 185-187 Sterling Place Listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Prospect Heights Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Skene Monument Monument or memorial
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public School 111 and Public School 9 Annex Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace United Methodist Church Landmark
    420 feet
  2. Memorial Presbyterian Church Landmark
    910 feet
  3. St Augustine RC Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Park Slope Food Coop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    470 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Carlton Avenue or Flatbush Avenue.

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