Flushing Avenue & Grand Avenue

Flushing Avenue and Grand Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Classon Playground is 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Ryerson St, is 300 feet away for the B57, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them listed historic places, and five places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Flushing Avenue.

Safety record
12 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Flushing Av/Ryerson St · B57
Within a walk
6 places
2 listed historic places, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Ryerson St, 300 feet away, for the B57.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Ryerson St B57
    300 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Flushing Avenue.

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Washington Ave & Park Ave 39 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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
11205
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
88
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 in 1951.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

South side of Grand Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grand Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire and Greek Revival, one each, and built between 1830 and 1863.

  1. United States Naval Hospital Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Surgeon's House Designated landmark
    610 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steuben Playground
    310 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    630 feet
  3. Classon Triangle
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Hall Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. One Stop Kosher Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Grand 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.