Flatlands Avenue & Ralph Avenue

Flatlands Avenue and Ralph Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 90 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Bridge Academy is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Ralph Av, is 90 feet away for the B82 and B82 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them schools, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
76 hurt
90 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Flatlands Av/Ralph Av · B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
7 schools, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & Ralph Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Ralph Av, 90 feet away, for the B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/Ralph Av B82, B82 SBS
    90 feet
    B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …
  2. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Flatlands Avenue carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 7pm on Monday to Saturday.

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 90 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 75 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 19 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63 and 69 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 190 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1960.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MIDNIGHT-3AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 340491.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Conservation and the Environment School
    850 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Academy School
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity School
    850 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
    850 feet
  2. Uncommon Preparatory CHS School
    850 feet
  3. Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
    850 feet
  4. Victory Collegiate High School
    850 feet
  5. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatlands Avenue or Ralph Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.