Flatlands Avenue & Essex Street
Flatlands Avenue and Essex Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 676 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Academy for Young Writers is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Essex St, is 70 feet away for the B84, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Essex St, 70 feet away, for the B84.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Essex St B8470 feetB84
Next buses at this stop
- B84 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Erskine Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1,140 feet
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 676 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,002nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 237 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)
- East New York-New Lots
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2008 and 2016.
Since 2014 at least 136 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 21 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Essex Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
West side of Essex Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Academy for Young Writers School550 feet
- Spring Creek Community School550 feet
- Urban Strategies Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,050 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store790 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 four 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:
- Flatlands Avenue & Linwood Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Shepherd Avenue 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Berriman Street 520 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Elton Street 520 feet
- Essex Street & Egan Street 570 feet
- Essex Street & Cozine Avenue 580 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Atkins Avenue 780 feet
- Linwood Street & Egan Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Essex Street or Flatlands Avenue.