Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway

Flatbush Avenue and Kings Highway meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 2,864 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Flatlands Reformed Church is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Flatbush Av, is 30 feet away for the B7 and B82 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Kings Hwy/Flatbush Av · B7, B82 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Flatbush Av, 30 feet away, for the B7 and B82 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Flatbush Av B7, B82 SBS
    30 feet
    B7 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,864 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Kings Highway2,596
Eastbound on Kings Highway268
Total2,864

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1945.

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
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

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

North side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 338426.

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
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Midwood Catholic Academy School
    890 feet
  2. BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarsfield Playground
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatlands Reformed Church Landmark
    730 feet
  2. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    740 feet
  3. St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    310 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Kings Highway.

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