Flatbush Avenue & Cortelyou Road

Flatbush Avenue and Cortelyou Road meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd · B41
Within a walk
21 places
14 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Cortelyou Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Cortelyou Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q
  2. Beverly Rd 2, 5
    0.5 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd, 40 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Cortelyou Rd B41
    40 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Flatbush Ave 30 docks in all
    360 feet

By car

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

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2017

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cortelyou Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300450, 300451, 302638 and 331751.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Deco, and built in 1932.

  1. Sears Roebuck & Company Department Store Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school
  • 1 theater or concert hall
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Global Health Care Training Centre,i Trade or language school
    200 feet
  2. St. Mark's Umc Head Start Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Starting Point Serv - St. Marks School
    760 feet
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  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Brightest Starz Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Kings Theatre Theater or concert hall · listed historic place
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    370 feet
  2. St Marks Church United Methodist House of worship
    650 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    740 feet
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  1. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Unity East Church Center House of worship
    1,160 feet
  3. Salem Missionary Baptist Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cortelyou Road 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.