Kings Highway & East 37th Street
Kings Highway and East 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 612 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Ryder St, is 560 feet away for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ryder St, 560 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Ryder St B7, B82, B82 SBS560 feetB7 B82 B82 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
- B82 SBS …
Cycling
- 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station990 feet
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 24 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2025
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 612 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 130th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Westbound on Kings Highway | 370 |
| Eastbound on Kings Highway | 242 |
| Total | 612 |
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 37th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of East 37th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
North side of Kings Highway
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
South side of Kings Highway
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Auditory Oral School of New York Preschool1,010 feet
- BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,020 feet
- Mesivta Tiferes Yisroel School1,080 feet
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- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,220 feet
- The Auditory/Oral School of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 51,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fraser Square720 feet
- Sarsfield Playground760 feet
Houses of worship
- Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship230 feet
Bank branches
- Apple Bank Bank branch800 feet
- Chase Bank branch1,310 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket1,060 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kings Highway & East 38th Street 270 feet
- Kings Highway & East 36th Street 280 feet
- Avenue L & East 37th Street 430 feet
- Avenue M & East 37th Street 450 feet
- Kings Highway & Ryder Street 490 feet
- Avenue L & East 38th Street 630 feet
- Avenue M & East 36th Street 630 feet
- Avenue L & East 36th Street 690 feet
See every intersection along East 37th Street or Kings Highway.