Flatlands Avenue & East 98th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 98th 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 Charter School is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
840 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Flatlands Av/E 98 St · B60
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    840 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 98 St, 170 feet away, for the B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 98 St B60
    170 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    530 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2021

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 98th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 5AM-11PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    150 feet
  2. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    400 feet
  3. Fob School of Health Careers Trade or language school
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    870 feet
  2. Olympus Academy School
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    870 feet

Health care

  1. Four Seasons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Canarsie Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 98th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.