Flatlands Avenue & East 99th Street

Flatlands Avenue and East 99th Street meet at a three-way junction in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Canarsie Post Office is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Flatlands Av/E 101 St · B60
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & East 99th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    1,110 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/E 101 St, 360 feet away, for the B60.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/E 101 St B60
    360 feet
    B60

Next buses at this stop

  1. B60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1512 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    810 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
13 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 99th Street

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

West side of East 99th Street

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

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    600 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Canarsie Library
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Canarsie Post Office
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food World Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 99th Street or Flatlands Avenue.

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