Flatlands Avenue & East 104th Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 104th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Breukelen Community Center is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, East 105 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is East 105 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- East 105 St L0.4 milesL
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- L …
Canarsie
1 line- L …
Also within a walk
- Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L0.5 milesL
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crescendo” (2007) by Michael Ingui at the East 105 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 103 St, 170 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/E 103 St B82170 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 11 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.
- 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station1,260 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
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 two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1960.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development.
Trees
Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 18 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 104th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 104th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 337488.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 schools
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 community center
- 1 garden
- 4 other places
Schools and child care
- A Plus Kidz Academy School400 feet
- Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5810 feet
- Breukelen Recreation Rooms Head Start/UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5840 feet
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- Recreation Rooms and Settlement Pre-K940 feet
- Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School1,130 feet
- Olympus Academy School1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- P.S. 279 Playground1,060 feet
- 100% Playground1,150 feet
- Ponderosa Garden1,150 feet
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- Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area1,310 feet
Community centers and public services
- Canarsie Post Office480 feet
- Breukelen Community Center940 feet
Fire and police
- Police Service Area #1 Satellite Police station720 feet
Supermarkets
- Food World Supermarket Supermarket1,140 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy500 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 & East 105th Street 270 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 103rd Street 270 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 106th Street 520 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 102nd Street 540 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 107th Street 780 feet
- Avenue J & East 104th Street 790 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 101st Street 800 feet
- Glenwood Road & East 105th Street 980 feet
See every intersection along East 104th Street or Flatlands Avenue.