Flatlands Avenue & East 89th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church is 810 feet away, and Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/E 88 St, is 180 feet away for the B6 and B82, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 88 St, 180 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 88 St B6, B82
    180 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8401 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    1,300 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 11 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 89th Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 89th Street

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

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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 339958.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Canarsie Ascend Middle School
    780 feet
  2. Clarkson Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  3. Big Minds, Tiny Hands Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. Great Commission Christian School
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Remsen Playground
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Miracles RC Church House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Canarsie Community Reformed Church House of worship
    1,210 feet
  3. Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight food stores.

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 89th Street or Flatlands Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.