Flushing Avenue & Kent Avenue
Flushing Avenue and Kent Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Bnos Israel is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Kent Av, is 100 feet away for the B57, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 34 public places, 13 of them schools, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Kent Av, 100 feet away, for the B57.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Flushing Av/Kent Av B57100 feetB57
Next buses at this stop
- B57 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Flushing Avenue.
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Wallabout St & Kent Ave 23 docks in all340 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.
- 711 Kent Avenue Gas station750 feet
- 15 Washington Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 20 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 5 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017
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)
- South Williamsburg
- 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 1,000 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 2001 and 2018.
Since 2014 at least 77 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 21 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and November 2024, 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM FRIDAY & SUNDAY 8AM-3PM
South side of Flushing Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of Kent Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Kent Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 34 public places.
- 13 schools
- 11 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 playgrounds
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Bnos Israel School350 feet
- Gan Bnos Yisroel Preschool, ages 2 to 5510 feet
- School Based Child Care School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5510 feet
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- Jolly Baby Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5580 feet
- Yeshiva Nachlas Tzvi D'Krula Preschool, ages 2 to 5580 feet
- Bnos Spinka Boys School690 feet
- Child care center at 77-87 Wallabout Street School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5780 feet
- Cong Yeshuos Moshe of Williamsburg School890 feet
- Darkei Tshivo of Dinov School890 feet
- Talmud Torah Tzemach Tzadik Viznitz School890 feet
- Omni Childhood Center - Heyward School940 feet
- Ach Tov V'Chesed School · school-based preschool, ages 2 to 51,010 feet
- Hychel Hatorah School1,050 feet
- Beth Chana DC Preschool, ages 2 to 51,110 feet
- Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,110 feet
- Yeshiva Yesodah Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,110 feet
- Central Uta Boys Division School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,130 feet
- Beth Chana School1,150 feet
- Bais Ruchel D'Satmar - Boys School1,160 feet
- Williamsburg Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,160 feet
- KHHD Yoel of Satmar BP School1,210 feet
- P.S./I.S. 157 the Benjamin Franklin Health & Science Academy School1,230 feet
- Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Williamsburg School1,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Classon Triangle350 feet
- Classon Playground520 feet
- Steuben Playground820 feet
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- Penn Triangle Playground990 feet
- Taaffe Playground1,020 feet
Health care
- Bedford Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice1,180 feet
Supermarkets
- One Stop Kosher Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 15 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kent Avenue & Little Nassau Street 230 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Taaffe Place 240 feet
- Kent Avenue & Wallabout Street 300 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Franklin Avenue 380 feet
- Taaffe Place & Little Nassau Street 460 feet
- Kent Avenue & Classon Avenue 480 feet
- Flushing Avenue & Classon Avenue 480 feet
- Wallabout Street & Heyward Street 490 feet
See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Kent Avenue.