Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 38th Street (north-east) meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Thomas Aquinas Church is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, is 940 feet away for the B82, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, 940 feet away, for the B82.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av B82940 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 38th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 38th Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K30 feet
- Midwood Catholic Academy School870 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sarsfield Playground90 feet
- Fraser Square1,120 feet
Houses of worship
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship720 feet
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship1,020 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch960 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket1,130 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store1,270 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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Kimball Street 90 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street 180 feet
- Avenue M & East 38th Street 290 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 37th Street 310 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Lotts Lane 310 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street at Coleman Street 340 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street 440 feet
- Avenue M & Ryder Street 450 feet
See every intersection along East 38th Street or Flatlands Avenue.