Kings Highway & Ryder Street

Kings Highway and Ryder Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kings Highway United Methodist Church is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Ryder St, is 80 feet away for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Kings Hwy/Ryder St · B7, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & Ryder Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Ryder St, 80 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/Ryder St B7, B82, B82 SBS
    80 feet
    B7 B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1924 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    500 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1940.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Kings Highway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ryder Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Ryder Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Sunday School Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. BBB Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Midwood Catholic Academy School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sarsfield Playground
    630 feet
  2. Fraser Square
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kings Highway United Methodist Church House of worship
    470 feet
  2. Flatlands Reformed Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  3. St Thomas Aquinas Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    580 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or Ryder Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.