Kings Highway & Schenectady Avenue
Kings Highway and Schenectady Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sunners Playground is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Schenectady Av, is 80 feet away for the B7, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Schenectady Av, 80 feet away, for the B7.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Schenectady Av B780 feetB7
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 4801 Kings Highway Gas station930 feet
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 August 2025.
What the city has done here
- Safety Improvement Project, 2021
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021
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
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Kings Highway
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
West side of Kings Highway
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Schenectady Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- New Generation Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 51,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sunners Playground510 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Bnai Israel of Midwood House of worship590 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy840 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six 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:
- Schenectady Avenue & Avenue I 400 feet
- Schenectady Avenue & Avenue H 450 feet
- Avenue I & East 46th Street 510 feet
- East 48th Street & Avenue H 550 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue I 570 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue H 600 feet
- Avenue I & East 48th Street 670 feet
- Avenue I & East 45th Street 700 feet
See every intersection along Kings Highway or Schenectady Avenue.