Flatlands Avenue & East 43rd Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 43rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Serenity Community Garden is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, is 390 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, 390 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av B82390 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 17 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 station1,290 feet
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.
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)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 library
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Midwood Catholic Academy School830 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Serenity Community Garden430 feet
- Sarsfield Playground980 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place1,150 feet
- Flatlands Library1,250 feet
Houses of worship
- Flatlands Reformed Church House of worship1,070 feet
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship1,080 feet
- Beth Judah Congregation House of worship1,300 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch500 feet
- Apple Bank Bank branch1,040 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket750 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store780 feet
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five 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 & East 40th Street 90 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Harden Street 200 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Troy Avenue 330 feet
- Troy Avenue & East 41st Street 370 feet
- East 40th Street & Lott Place 400 feet
- Avenue M & East 43rd Street 430 feet
- Flatbush Avenue & Flatlands Avenue 500 feet
- Avenue M & Harden Street 520 feet
See every intersection along East 43rd Street or Flatlands Avenue.