Flatbush Avenue & Church Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 51 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School is 740 feet away, and High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
42 hurt
51 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Church Av/Flatbush Av · B35
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 6 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Church Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Church Av 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/Flatbush Av, 150 feet away, for the B35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/Flatbush Av B35 · Shelter
    150 feet
    B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 51 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 42 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 20 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2003
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2009
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2019
  • Turn calming, May 2023

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 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 1926 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Skyline' thornless honeylocust and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and June 2025; 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 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 Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303355, 305957, 305958 and 309552.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are seven Individual Landmarks, and 42 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as neo-Federal. They were mostly built between 1916 and 1917.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    130 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    330 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 garden
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    740 feet
  2. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    740 feet
  3. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    740 feet
  2. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    740 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Flatbush School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Erasmus Hall Academy Listed historic place
    720 feet
  3. Flatbush Library
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    820 feet
  2. Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  3. Flatbush Town Hall Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    910 feet
  2. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  3. The Universal Church House of worship
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Older adult center at 261 East 21st Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    250 feet
  2. Target Store
    360 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church 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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.