Flatbush Avenue & Parkside Avenue

Flatbush Avenue and Parkside Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 59 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Pentecostal Church is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Parkside Av, is about two minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
45 hurt
59 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Parkside Av
540 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Parkside Av/Flatbush Av · B12
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Parkside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Parkside Av, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av Q
    540 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. Prospect Park B, Q, S
    0.4 miles
    B Q S

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brighton Clay Re-Leaf Nos. 1-4” (1994) by Susan Tunick at the Parkside Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkside Av/Flatbush Av, 60 feet away, for the B12.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkside Av/Flatbush Av B12 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 59 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Parkside Ave & Flatbush Ave 25 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 517 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 625 Rogers Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 59 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 45 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 17 of those hurt, on foot
  • 6 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2011
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2022
  • Turn calming, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 9
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70 and 71 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,600 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 1924 and 1938.

Since 2014 at least 41 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Flatbush Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Parkside Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Parkside Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329473 and 339425.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Neoclassical, and built between 1909 and 1915.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The David Foster Pre-School Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. The Maple Street School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Prospect Park
    770 feet
  2. Umma Park
    1,020 feet
  3. Umma Park Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Duane Joseph Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Calvary Pentecostal Church House of worship
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    740 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    90 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Parkside 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.