Flatbush Avenue & Lafayette Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 78 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 49,820 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here through August 3. Khalil Gibran International Academy is 310 feet away, and Brooklyn Music School stands 600 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 2, 3, 4 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
49 hurt
78 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
570 feet · 2 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
3 Av/State St · B103
Within a walk
34 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 13 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Lafayette Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 12 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    570 feet
    2 3 4 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …
Outbound
4 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 3 …
  3. 4 …
  4. 5 …

Also within a walk

  1. Fulton St G
    790 feet
    G
  2. Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R
    840 feet
    2 3 4 5 B D N Q R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Work & Nature” (1997) by Anton van Dalen at the Nevins St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 3 Av/State St, 450 feet away, for the B103.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 3 Av/State St B103
    450 feet
    B103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …

Live arrivals

Flatbush Avenue carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Lafayette Avenue.

  • 111 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 3 Ave & Schermerhorn St 35 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 300 Bergen Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 625 Atlantic Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 78 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 49 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2017
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022
  • Turn calming, March 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 49,820 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84 and 88 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,800 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 2006 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 536 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 12 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lafayette Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 44 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1856 and 1859.

  1. The Salvation Army Building Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. Brooklyn Music School Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. Williamsburgh Savings Bank Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 public spaces
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 gardens
  • 15 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    310 feet
  2. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    310 feet
  3. Brooklyn Independent School
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    660 feet
  2. Masters Refrigeration Learning Cntr Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. Dental Auxiliary Training Center Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  4. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  5. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    60 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    350 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    720 feet
  2. Fowler Square
    1,060 feet
  3. North Pacific Playground
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at BAM South Public space
    390 feet
  2. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet
  3. Fowler Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    630 feet
  2. Public space at Forte Public space
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    390 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Atlantic Avenue Control House Listed historic place
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. General Edward Big Ned Fowler Monument Monument or memorial
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    330 feet
  2. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · landmark · listed historic place
    430 feet
  3. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Temple of Restoration House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    310 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,290 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    850 feet
  2. Atlantic Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Lafayette Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.