Flatlands Avenue & Berriman Street
Flatlands Avenue and Berriman Street meet at a three-way junction in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Spring Creek Community School is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Atkins Av, is 260 feet away for the B84, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Atkins Av, 260 feet away, for the B84.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Atkins Av B84260 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 160 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 2008 and 2009.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the tree of heaven.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Berriman Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of Berriman Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Academy for Young Writers School1,070 feet
- Spring Creek Community School1,070 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Berriman Playground1,240 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,310 feet
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Shepherd Avenue 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Atkins Avenue 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 520 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Montauk Avenue 520 feet
- Cozine Avenue & Berriman Street 580 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street 780 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Milford Street 780 feet
- Erskine Street & Egan Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Berriman Street or Flatlands Avenue.