Flatlands Avenue & East 108th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 108th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Breukelen development. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Breukelen Ballfields is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, East 105 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 11 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1951 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
26 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
East 105 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Flatlands Av/E 108 St · B82
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 nature area and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 108th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is East 105 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. East 105 St L
    0.5 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 Flatlands Av/E 108 St, 60 feet away, for the B82.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 108 St B82
    60 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1960.

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

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 108th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

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

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. A Plus Kidz Academy School
    780 feet
  2. The Science and Medicine Middle School
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    260 feet
  2. Breukelen Ballfields Park
    610 feet

Fire and police

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and three 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 108th Street or Flatlands Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.