Flatlands Avenue & East 105th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 105th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. A Plus Kidz Academy is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, East 105 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East 105 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
E 105 St/Flatlands Av · B103, BM2
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East 105 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. East 105 St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Canarsie
1 line
  1. L …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crescendo” (2007) by Michael Ingui at the East 105 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 105 St/Flatlands Av, 70 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 105 St/Flatlands Av B103, BM2
    70 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 10802 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023
  • Turn calming, December 2025

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 two travel lanes

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 1951 and 1960.

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

Trees

Nineteen 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
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 105th Street

  • Back-in parking only 5 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. A Plus Kidz Academy School
    130 feet
  2. Breukelen Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  3. Breukelen Recreation Rooms Head Start/UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Recreation Rooms and Settlement Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. The Science and Medicine Middle School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ponderosa Garden
    890 feet
  2. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Breukelen Community Center
    670 feet
  2. Canarsie Post Office
    750 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    860 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    760 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 105th 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.