Flatlands Avenue & Rockaway Parkway

Flatlands Avenue and Rockaway Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 55 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Canarsie Library is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
51 hurt
55 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy
870 feet · 3 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flatlands Av/Rockaway Pkwy · B6, B17, B82
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & Rockaway Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Canarsie-Rockaway Pkwy L
    870 feet
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Rockaway Pkwy, 40 feet away, for the B6, B17 and B82.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/Rockaway Pkwy B6, B17, B82
    40 feet
    B6 B17 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B17 …
  3. B82 …

Live arrivals

Rockaway Parkway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, 7am to 10am on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 17 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
    220 feet
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1,220 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 55 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 51 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1964.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and August 2023; 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 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Rockaway Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 329174, 330633 and 340067.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Khyle-Brenaj Early Childhood Ed Ctr School
    260 feet
  2. Canarsie Ascend Charter School
    270 feet
  3. Fob School of Health Careers Trade or language school
    320 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lenox Academy M. S. 961 School
    1,180 feet
  2. Olympus Academy School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. 100% Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Canarsie Library
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie House of worship
    950 feet
  2. Canarsie Community Reformed Church House of worship
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    800 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatlands Avenue or Rockaway Parkway.

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