Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street
Flatlands Avenue and Ryder Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sarsfield Playground is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, is 1,120 feet away for the B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av, 1,120 feet away, for the B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flatlands Av/Flatbush Av B821,120 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Flatlands Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Ryder Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Ryder Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K210 feet
- Midwood Catholic Academy School1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sarsfield Playground270 feet
- Fraser Square1,160 feet
Houses of worship
- St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship900 feet
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship1,160 feet
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship1,200 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket1,310 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two 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 nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Flatlands Avenue & East 37th Street 130 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street 180 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 38th Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Kimball Street 260 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & East 36th Street 440 feet
- Avenue M & East 38th Street 470 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Lotts Lane 490 feet
- Flatlands Avenue & Ryder Street at Coleman Street 520 feet
See every intersection along Flatlands Avenue or Ryder Street.