Flatlands Avenue & East 87th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Ascend Middle School is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 88 St, is 170 feet away for the B6 and B82, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Flatlands Av/E 88 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
11 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 88 St, 170 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 88 St B6, B82
    170 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    780 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1970.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet.

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 August 2018 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 87th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North 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 THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320982.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Ascend Middle School
    270 feet
  2. Clarkson Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Big Minds, Tiny Hands Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and seven 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 87th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.