Flatbush Avenue & East 28th Street

Flatbush Avenue and East 28th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,997 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kings Church of Christ is 710 feet away, and Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
790 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av · B6, B11
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & East 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    790 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av, 120 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Glenwood Rd/Flatbush Av B6, B11
    120 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 42 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,997 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 426th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 903 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and March 2025, 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).

East side of East 28th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 28th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303284, 308723 and 327878.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Charles R. Drew Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. Bumblebees-R-Us Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    980 feet
Show all 8
  1. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  4. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    990 feet
  5. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,060 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Clarendon Library
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Church of Christ House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Kenilworth Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Bible Holiness Church House of worship
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    850 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    980 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 255/Ladder 157 Fire station
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    280 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 28th Street or Flatbush Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.