Flatlands Avenue & East 79th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 80 St, is 180 feet away for the B6 and B82, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Flatlands Av/E 80 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
5 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 80 St, 180 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 80 St B6, B82 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B6 B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7702 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 79th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 79th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 335678, 336385 and 336920.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Bright Little Scholars Centers Tree Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Explore Excel Charter School-Upper School Campus School
    1,220 feet
  3. I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bildersee Playground
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    200 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 79th Street or Flatlands Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.