Flatlands Avenue & East 83rd Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 83rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 84 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 ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 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 84 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 84 St, 180 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 84 St B6, B82
    180 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1960 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335406.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bildersee Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church House of worship
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 83rd Street or Flatlands Avenue.

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