Flatlands Avenue & Alabama Avenue
Flatlands Avenue and Alabama Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Library is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Alabama Av, is 120 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Alabama Av, 120 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Alabama Av B82120 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station1,030 feet
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 11 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11207
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Alabama Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of Alabama Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 nature area
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Breukelen Ballfields Park460 feet
- Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area980 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Spring Creek Library1,070 feet
Bank branches
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket1,040 feet
- Food World Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Georgia Avenue 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Louisiana Avenue 400 feet
- Alabama Avenue & Cozine Avenue 580 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue 790 feet
- Cozine Avenue & Malta Street 830 feet
- Georgia Avenue & Cozine Avenue 840 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Williams Avenue 930 feet
- Glenwood Road & Louisiana Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along Alabama Avenue or Flatlands Avenue.