Flatlands Avenue & Elton Street
Flatlands Avenue and Elton Street meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,560 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Spring Creek Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Elton St, is 100 feet away for the B84, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Elton St, 100 feet away, for the B84.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Elton St B84100 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
Cycling
- 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers580 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 18 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 6 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2020
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 3,560 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 242nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,474 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11208
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 42
- Police precinct
- 75
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Spring Creek-Starrett City
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2011 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 287 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 35 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Elton Street
- Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- Electric vehicle charging only 2 signs ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ONLY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Elton Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Academy for Young Writers School370 feet
- Spring Creek Community School370 feet
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K530 feet
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- Little Hearts and Stars Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 21,030 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Spring Creek Park1,090 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store270 feet
Shopping centers
- Gateway Center Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street 270 feet
- Elton Street & Locke Street 310 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street 520 feet
- Elton Street & Egan Street 560 feet
- Elton Street & Cozine Avenue 580 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Shepherd Avenue 790 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 830 feet
- Elton Street & Vandalia Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Elton Street or Flatlands Avenue.