Kings Highway & New York Avenue
Kings Highway and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 127 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshivat Lev Torah High School is 150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Avenue N, is 480 feet away for the B7 and B82, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Avenue N, 480 feet away, for the B7 and B82.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Avenue N B7, B82480 feetB7 B82
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.
Cycling
- 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station1,080 feet
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 127 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,716th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
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
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Kings Highway
- Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Kings Highway
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
East side of New York Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of New York Avenue
- Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 hospital
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Lev Torah - Site 2 School150 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah High School150 feet
- The Auditory/Oral School of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5540 feet
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- Auditory Oral School of New York Preschool750 feet
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fraser Square500 feet
Health care
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn Hospital200 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship480 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:
- Avenue N & New York Avenue 390 feet
- Avenue M & New York Avenue 490 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue N 530 feet
- Avenue M & East 34th Street 600 feet
- Avenue N & East 33rd Street 620 feet
- Avenue N & East 35th Street 620 feet
- Avenue N & East 34th Street 650 feet
- Kings Highway & East 35th Street 660 feet
See every intersection along Kings Highway or New York Avenue.