Flatbush Avenue & Newkirk Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
17 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av · B41
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Newkirk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av, 360 feet away, for the B41.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av B41
    360 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 64 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue

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

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306015, 311057 and 336430.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 22 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Elementary School
    280 feet
  2. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    300 feet
  3. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Newkirk Avenue.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.