Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Franklin Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 42 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Bnos Israel is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the G. Within a five-minute walk are 40 public places, 14 of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2002 and 2018, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
26 hurt
42 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Flushing Av/Franklin Av · B57
Within a walk
40 places
14 schools, 12 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing Av G
    0.5 miles
    G

Next trains at this station

Queens
1 line
  1. G …
Southbound
1 line
  1. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Franklin Av, 110 feet away, for the B57.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Franklin Av B57
    110 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Flushing Avenue and Franklin Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 711 Kent Avenue Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 42 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 9 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33
Police precinct
79 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 between 2002 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 99 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY & SUNDAY 8AM-3PM

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Franklin Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY & SUNDAY 8AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-8PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 14 schools
  • 12 day care or pre-K sites
  • 8 religious buildings
  • 4 playgrounds
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  2. School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bnos Israel School
    170 feet
Show all 25
  1. Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
  3. Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School
    510 feet
  4. Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School
    510 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School
    510 feet
  6. Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School
    560 feet
  7. Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    630 feet
  8. Hychel Hatorah School
    670 feet
  9. Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  10. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  11. Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    730 feet
  12. Beth Chana School
    770 feet
  13. Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    880 feet
  14. Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    910 feet
  15. Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School
    940 feet
  16. KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School
    960 feet
  17. Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  18. Bnos Spinka Boys School
    1,070 feet
  19. Bnos Square of Williamsburg 2 School
    1,300 feet
  20. Talmud Torah Toshbar School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet
  21. Mosdos Chasidei Square School
    1,300 feet
  22. TT Skver Williamsburg School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Classon Triangle
    730 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    900 feet
  3. Penn Triangle Playground
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Steuben Playground
    1,200 feet
  2. Sarah J.S. Tompkins Garnet Playground
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Chestnut Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Franklin Avenue.

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