Flatlands Avenue & East 54th Street
Flatlands Avenue and East 54th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 251 Paerdegat is 1,030 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 53 St, is 260 feet away for the B82, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 53 St, 260 feet away, for the B82.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/E 53 St B82260 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 October 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 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
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 54th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 54th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 251 Paerdegat School1,030 feet
- P.S. 326 Pre-K1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fox Playground1,250 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Avenue J 100 feet
- Avenue J & East 54th Street 190 feet
- Avenue J & East 53rd Street 290 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 55th Street 320 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 53rd Street 330 feet
- Avenue J & East 55th Street 450 feet
- Avenue J & East 52nd Street 560 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 56th Street 650 feet
See every intersection along East 54th Street or Flatlands Avenue.