Flatbush Avenue & Stephens Court

Flatbush Avenue and Stephens Court meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush YMCA is 1,180 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 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Flatbush Av/Foster Av · B41, B103, BM2
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatbush Avenue & Stephens Court 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/Foster Av, 290 feet away, for the B41, B103 and BM2.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Foster Av B41, B103, BM2
    290 feet
    B41 B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 1.9 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
    0.5 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

About this corner

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1934.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Chinese elm and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Flatbush Avenue

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

North side of Stephens Court

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

South side of Stephens Court

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 306015.

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet 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

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    330 feet
  3. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Kids Preparatory School
    1,210 feet
  2. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flatbush YMCA Recreation center
    1,180 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1401 Flatbush Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue or Stephens Court.

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.