Flushing Avenue & Whipple Street

Flushing Avenue and Whipple Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bedford-Stuyvesant (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bartlett Playground is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Flushing Av/Whipple St · B57
Within a walk
19 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Flushing Avenue & Whipple Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av G
    1,080 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Flushing Av J, M
    1,170 feet
    J M
  2. Lorimer St J, M
    0.3 miles
    J M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flushing Av/Whipple St, 20 feet away, for the B57.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Whipple St B57
    20 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Tompkins Ave & Hopkins St 19 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Bedford Avenue, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 212 Harrison Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 28-17 42nd Road Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11206
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
33 and 36 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
79 and 90 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 175 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2022 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Flushing Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Whipple Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Whipple Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Uta 110 School
    530 feet
  2. Per Scholas Trade or language school
    560 feet
  3. Beginning With Children Charter School 2 School
    610 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bais Ruchel High School
    820 feet
  2. Beginning With Children Charter School
    1,160 feet
  3. P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center School
    1,160 feet
  4. Tompkins Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Boricua College - Brooklyn College
    1,270 feet
  6. Sunny Tots Brooklyn Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bartlett Playground
    130 feet
  2. Charlie's Place Playground
    670 feet
  3. De Hostos Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Pfizer Sites Development Public space
    820 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints RC Church House of worship
    660 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 230 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Corner Fish & Farmers Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flushing Avenue or Whipple Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.