Flatbush Avenue & East 38th Street

Flatbush Avenue and East 38th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Michael Ferrara’s Lane by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kings Highway United Methodist Church is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue K, is 360 feet away for the B41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue K · B41
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & East 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue K, 360 feet away, for the B41.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue K B41
    360 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.6 miles

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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Michael Ferrara’s Lane, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Michael Ferrara’s Lane.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 38th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hubbard Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Hubbard Place

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 321601 and 330446.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and three buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1848.

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 119 Amersfort School
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatlands Reformed Church Landmark
    790 feet
  2. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 38th Street, Flatbush Avenue or Hubbard Place.

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