Flatbush Avenue & Ditmas Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Ditmas Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fernande Valme Ministries is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
15 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue D · B41
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Ditmas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue D, 80 feet away, for the B41.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue D B41 · Shelter
    80 feet
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Beverley Rd & Flatbush Ave 30 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 3,000 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 1930 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and March 2025, 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).

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304574 and 337181.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 35 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  3. New Generation Elementary School
    720 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    570 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

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