Kings Highway & East 96th Street

Kings Highway and East 96th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. East Brooklyn Community High School is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Saratoga Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, ten of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Saratoga Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Clarkson Av/E 96 St · B47
Within a walk
21 places
10 schools, 6 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Saratoga Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.4 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
    0.4 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 Clarkson Av/E 96 St, 460 feet away, for the B47.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Clarkson Av/E 96 St B47
    460 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Kings Hwy & E 94 St 18 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1143 Clarkson Avenue Gas station
    730 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022

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
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of East 96th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 10 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. East Brooklyn Community High School
    140 feet
  2. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Uncommon Kings CMS School
    830 feet
Show all 13
  1. Middle School for Art and Philosophy School
    870 feet
  2. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    870 feet
  3. Step by Step Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    980 feet
  5. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    980 feet
  6. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    980 feet
  7. Lamad Averne Academy Charter School
    1,080 feet
  8. Lamad Academy Charter School
    1,210 feet
  9. P.S. 219 Kennedy-King School
    1,210 feet
  10. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kennedy King Playground
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of God of East Flatbush House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    870 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    990 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 East 96th Street or Kings Highway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.