Kings Highway & Clarkson Avenue

Kings Highway and Clarkson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Garden is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
E 98 St/Clarkson Av · B15
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & Clarkson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Chandelier” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Saratoga Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Clarkson Av, 200 feet away, for the B15.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Clarkson Av B15
    200 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kings Hwy & E 98 St 18 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    590 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 132 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    640 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    640 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    640 feet
Show all 8
  1. East Brooklyn Community High School
    720 feet
  2. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  4. Lamad Averne Academy Charter School
    1,180 feet
  5. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Garden
    820 feet
  2. Howard Malls Park
    860 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    300 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    950 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    420 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 13 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or Kings Highway.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.