Flatlands Avenue & East 48th Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 48th Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. In 2025, 378 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Serenity Community Garden is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av, is 410 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av, 410 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Schenectady Av B82410 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 11 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.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.6 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.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 378 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,348th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 198 more were issued.
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
- 16 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 garden
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Serenity Community Garden1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- Beth Judah Congregation House of worship360 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy490 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,280 feet
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue K & East 48th Street 250 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 49th Street 320 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Schenectady Avenue 330 feet
- Avenue K & East 49th Street 380 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Avenue K 430 feet
- Avenue K & Schenectady Avenue 510 feet
- Avenue L & East 48th Street 580 feet
- Avenue K & Utica Avenue 620 feet
See every intersection along East 48th Street or Flatlands Avenue.