Flatlands Avenue & East 103rd Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 103rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 2,242 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Olympus Academy is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Flatlands Av/E 103 St · B60, B82
Within a walk
13 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 103rd 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 eight minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. East 105 St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 103 St, 70 feet away, for the B60 and B82.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 103 St B60, B82 · Shelter
    70 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 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue 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 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, December 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,242 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Eastbound on Flatlands Avenue1,345
Westbound on Flatlands Avenue897
Total2,242

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 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.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 103rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 103rd Street

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

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335014.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A Plus Kidz Academy School
    670 feet
  2. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    860 feet
  3. Olympus Academy School
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  2. Breukelen Recreation Rooms Head Start/UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Recreation Rooms and Settlement Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 279 Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Ponderosa Garden
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    220 feet
  2. Breukelen Community Center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Satellite Police station
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    220 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 103rd Street or Flatlands Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.