Flatbush Avenue & Caton Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Dr. Roy Hastick Sr. Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Library is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat.

Safety record
38 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Flatbush Av/Caton Av · B41
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    1,130 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. Parkside Av Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Caton Av, 120 feet away, for the B41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Caton Av B41
    120 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & Bedford Ave 22 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Dr. Roy Hastick Sr. Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1948.

Since 2014 at least 386 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the eastern redcedar.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Roy Hastick Sr. Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

North side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308695, 309552, 327844, 327845 and 331517.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. The David Foster Pre-School Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Umma Park Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Umma Park
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    630 feet
  2. Flatbush Library
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,190 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Flatbush Avenue.

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