Flatlands Avenue & Avenue M
Flatlands Avenue and Avenue M meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Father Kehoe Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Catholic Academy is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, is 400 feet away for the B82, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, 400 feet away, for the B82.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av B82400 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station1,130 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Father Kehoe Square, a co-naming enacted on March 16, 1944 (Local Law 2 of 1944).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Father Kehoe Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue M
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 garden
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Midwood Catholic Academy School330 feet
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K510 feet
- Congregation Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K900 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sarsfield Playground130 feet
- Serenity Community Garden1,270 feet
- Fraser Square1,290 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Flatlands Library1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship350 feet
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship1,190 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch420 feet
- Apple Bank Bank branch890 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket590 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store730 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Hendrickson Street 70 feet
- Avenue M & Ryder Street 190 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street at Coleman Street 200 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Lotts Lane 230 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Flatlands Avenue 340 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Kimball Street 460 feet
- Avenue M & East 38th Street 460 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Avenue M 510 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or Flatlands Avenue.