Flatlands Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue

Flatlands Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Spring Creek-Starrett City, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Laurence RC Church is 260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Van Siclen Av/Flatlands Av, is 60 feet away for the B83 and BM5, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1971, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
32 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Van Siclen Av/Flatlands Av · B83, BM5
Within a walk
3 places
1 library, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flatlands Avenue & Van Siclen Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Van Siclen Av/Flatlands Av, 60 feet away, for the B83 and BM5.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Van Siclen Av/Flatlands Av B83, BM5
    60 feet
    B83 BM5

Next buses at this stop

  1. B83 …
  2. BM5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Van Siclen Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Van Siclen Ave & Linden Blvd 14 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Pennsylvania Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 32 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
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 1,800 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 in 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Flatlands Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Road tests only 8 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

East side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 21 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Van Siclen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Spring Creek Park
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spring Creek Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Laurence RC Church House of worship
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatlands Avenue or Van Siclen Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.