Flatbush Avenue & New York Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and New York Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Joost and Elizabeth Van Nuyse House stands 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatbush Av/Aurelia Ct · B41
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & New York Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    1,250 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Aurelia Ct, 40 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Aurelia Ct B41
    40 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1935 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1780 and 1792.

  1. Joost and Elizabeth Van Nuyse House Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    150 feet
  2. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    230 feet
  3. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    880 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 New York Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.