Flatbush Avenue & Schenectady Avenue
Flatbush Avenue and Schenectady Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 6,025 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Ryder Retail Post Office is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatbush Av/Avenue R, is 80 feet away for the B9 and B41, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 19 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Avenue R, 80 feet away, for the B9 and B41.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatbush Av/Avenue R B9, B41 · Shelter80 feetB9 B41
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
- B41 …
Cycling
- 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station730 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers940 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 6,025 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 130th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,463 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 3 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Flatbush Avenue (west side).
East side of Flatbush Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Schenectady Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 320689 and 324324.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- First Noah's Ark Universal Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,030 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Trust Triangle80 feet
- Power Playground1,070 feet
Houses of worship
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Flatbush House of worship420 feet
Community centers and public services
- Ryder Retail Post Office170 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 309/Ladder 159 Fire station530 feet
Bank branches
- TD Bank Bank branch300 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
- Food Universe Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,170 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatbush Avenue & Avenue O 190 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Avenue O 200 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & East 48th Street 440 feet
- East 48th Street & Avenue O 460 feet
- Avenue R & Hendrickson Street 470 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & East 46th Street 490 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Fillmore Avenue 590 feet
- East 49th Street & Avenue O 720 feet
See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Schenectady Avenue.