Flushing Avenue & Ryerson Street

Flushing Avenue and Ryerson Street meet at a three-way junction in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. United States Naval Hospital, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flushing Av/Ryerson St, is 40 feet away for the B57, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them playgrounds, and four places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Flushing Av/Ryerson St · B57
Within a walk
7 places
3 playgrounds, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Ryerson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Ryerson St, 40 feet away, for the B57.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Ryerson St B57
    40 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
    1,150 feet

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
    1,090 feet
  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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1920 and 1951.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

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 Ryerson Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

West side of Ryerson Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING W/ MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign 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
    490 feet
  2. Surgeon's House Designated landmark
    630 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy 25 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steuben Playground
    560 feet
  2. Classon Playground
    880 feet
  3. Washington Hall Park
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Washington Hall Park Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wallabout Industrial Historic District Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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 Ryerson Street.

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.