Flatbush Avenue & Livingston Street

Flatbush Avenue and Livingston Street meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden is 360 feet away, and MoCADA Ubuntu Garden is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Nevins St, is about a minute on foot, and 13 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, six of them schools, and 51 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Livingston Street, all day.

Safety record
23 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Nevins St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 2, 3, 4, 5
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Livingston St/Nevins St · B45, B67
Within a walk
32 places
6 schools, 5 religious buildings and 15 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Livingston Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Nevins St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 13 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nevins St 2, 3, 4, 5
    260 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. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    970 feet
    B Q R
  2. Fulton St G
    1,240 feet
    G

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 Livingston St/Nevins St, 130 feet away, for the B45 and B67.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Livingston St/Nevins St B45, B67
    130 feet
    B45 B67

Next buses at this stop

  1. B45 …
  2. B67 …

Live arrivals

Livingston Street carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.8 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
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11217
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 7,300 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 2014 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 685 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Livingston Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Livingston Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303260.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 6 schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 career or business centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 14 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Medical Aid Training Schools Trade or language school
    690 feet
  2. Khalil Gibran International Academy School
    760 feet
  3. The Elizabeth Jennings School for Bold Explorers School
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Rise Charter School
    980 feet
  2. Brooklyn Independent School
    1,090 feet
  3. The International Charter School of New York Annex School
    1,100 feet
  4. P.S. K369 - Coy L. Cox School
    1,110 feet
  5. Strong Place for Hope Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Bears/Rockwell Place Garden
    360 feet
  2. Sixteen Sycamores Playground
    680 feet
  3. Betty Carter Park
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. University Place Park
    1,070 feet
  2. MoCADA Ubuntu Garden
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Fox Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  2. Public space at BAM South Public space
    830 feet
  3. Public space at 620 Fulton Street Public space
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Public space at Forte Public space
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Library for Arts & Culture Library
    830 feet
  2. Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT) Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Polonsky Shakespeare Center Theater or concert hall
    500 feet
  2. BAM Harvey Theater Theater or concert hall
    510 feet
  3. Brooklyn Academy of Music Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Recovery House of Worship Church Listed historic place
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Times Plaza Post Office
    1,020 feet
  2. Brooklyn Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet
  3. NYC Business Solutions Brooklyn Center Career or business center
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 460 Atlantic Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 226 Fire station
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Whole Foods Market Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    430 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  3. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,100 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Atlantic Terminal Shopping center
    1,300 feet
  2. City Point Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 13 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Livingston Street.

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