Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 38th Street (south-west) meet at a three-way junction in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/E 35 St, is 1,190 feet away for the B7 and B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 35 St, 1,190 feet away, for the B7 and B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/E 35 St B7, B821,190 feetB7 B82
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
Cycling
- 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 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 listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K470 feet
- Yeshiva Lev Torah - Site 2 School1,290 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah High School1,290 feet
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- Midwood Catholic Academy School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sarsfield Playground530 feet
- Fraser Square1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship900 feet
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship1,150 feet
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & East 37th Street 130 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 36th Street 180 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 37th Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street 440 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 35th Street 500 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Kimball Street 520 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 36th Street 530 feet
See every intersection along East 38th Street or Flatlands Avenue.