Flatbush Avenue & East 31st Street

Flatbush Avenue and East 31st Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hillel Place Plaza is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about a minute on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 35 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatbush Av/E 31 St · B11, B41, B103
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & East 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  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 Flatbush Av/E 31 St, 40 feet away, for the B11, B41 and B103.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/E 31 St B11, B41, B103
    40 feet
    B11 B41 B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …
  2. B41 …
  3. B103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 56 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 31st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 31st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 307245.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Initial Steps Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Sunshine Devel - Family HS Glenwood School
    900 feet
Show all 6
  1. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    200 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 21 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 31st Street or Flatbush Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.