Flatbush Avenue & Martense Street

Flatbush Avenue and Martense Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, one of five Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 400 feet away, and Academy of Hospitality and Tourism is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Flatbush Av/Church Av · B41
Within a walk
18 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Martense Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Parkside Av Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Church Av, 100 feet away, for the B41.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Church Av B41
    100 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 21 St & Church Ave 25 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 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, December 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 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 1927 and 1939.

Since 2014 at least 303 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).

East side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

North side of Martense Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Martense Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305956, 305957, 309552 and 327799.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are five Individual Landmarks, and 11 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as English Garden City. They were built between 1786 and 1924.

  1. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church House Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    670 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School
    1,050 feet
  2. Academy of Hospitality and Tourism School
    1,050 feet
  3. High School for Service & Learning at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,050 feet
Show all 7
  1. High School for Youth and Community Development at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,050 feet
  2. Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus School · landmark
    1,050 feet
  3. Blue Star of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Flatbush School
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatbush Library
    510 feet
  2. Flatbush Learning Center Library
    520 feet
  3. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Erasmus Hall Academy Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Faith Assemblies of God Church House of worship
    780 feet
  2. Goshen Temple 7 Day Adventists Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush Post Office Listed historic place
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    410 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    550 feet
  2. Target Store
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Martense Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.