Flatlands Avenue & East 102nd Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 102nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Post Office is 120 feet away, and Police Service Area #1 Satellite is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and one place to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Flatlands Av/E 103 St · B60, B82
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 103 St, 340 feet away, for the B60 and B82.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 103 St B60, B82 · Shelter
    340 feet
    B60 B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
42 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1952 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 102nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 102nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335014 and 340757.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    590 feet
  2. Olympus Academy School
    590 feet
  3. A Plus Kidz Academy School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    610 feet
  2. Wilson Playground
    1,270 feet
  3. P.S. 279 Playground
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Satellite Police station
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    50 feet

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 102nd Street or Flatlands Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.