Myrtle Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension

Myrtle Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension meet at a four-way crossing in Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 106 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Ingersoll Community Center is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about three minutes on foot, and 11 subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, seven of them schools, and 78 places to eat.

Safety record
44 hurt
106 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q, R
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Myrtle Av/Prince St · B54
Within a walk
28 places
7 schools, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Flatbush Avenue Extension Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 11 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av B, Q, R
    900 feet
    B Q R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …
Southbound
3 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Jay St-MetroTech A, C, F, R
    1,050 feet
    A C F R
  2. Hoyt St 2, 3
    0.3 miles
    2 3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Masstransiscope” (1980) by Bill Brand and “DeKalb Improvisation” (2005) by Stephen Johnson at the DeKalb Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Prince St, 210 feet away, for the B54.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Prince St B54
    210 feet
    B54

Next buses at this stop

  1. B54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & Fleet Pl 47 docks in all
    420 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Navy Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 160 Johnson Street Gas station
    540 feet
  2. 152 Ashland Place Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 28-17 42nd Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 106 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 43 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2011
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11201
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 2
City Council district
33 and 35 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
84
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

Homes

About 6,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2009 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 98 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Flatbush Avenue Extension

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Flatbush Avenue Extension

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and six buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Greek Revival. They were built between 1835 and 1930.

  1. First Free Congregational Church Designated landmark
    490 feet
  2. Long Island Headquarters of the New York Telephone Company Designated landmark
    580 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Flatbush Avenue Extension.

  1. Pageant Sculpture by Brian Tolle, 2017
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 7 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 trade or language schools
  • 3 public spaces
  • 2 parks
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons Children's Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Metro Training Inst Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Basis Independent Brooklyn School
    780 feet
Show all 18
  1. Brooklyn Bureau Community Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Fullstack Academy Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Imagine Early Learning Centers Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  4. Long Island Univ-Brooklyn Campus College
    1,040 feet
  5. City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology School
    1,040 feet
  6. George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School
    1,040 feet
  7. Albee Square Montessori Public School
    1,100 feet
  8. New Albee Square Es Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  9. Brooklyn Friends School - Upper School
    1,140 feet
  10. Fusion Academy Brooklyn School
    1,150 feet
  11. Brooklyn Prospect Charter School-Csd 13 School
    1,180 feet
  12. Changing Tomorrow Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  13. Eldysi Institute of Hair & Nail Des Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  14. Magna Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet
  15. SCS Business & Tech Institute Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Garden of Eden - Ingersoll Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    500 feet
  2. University Place Park
    970 feet
  3. McLaughlin Park
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Avalon Fort Greene Public space
    320 feet
  2. Public space at 1 Metrotech Center Public space
    1,140 feet
  3. Public space at Renaissance Plaza Public space
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Oratory Church of Saint Boniface House of worship
    590 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ingersoll Community Center
    390 feet
  2. Brooklyn Family Court Courthouse
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Brooklyn Borough Command/Division 11/Battalion 31/Engine 207/Ladder 110 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NYC Fresh Market Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    920 feet
  3. Gold Organic Farm Supermarket
    990 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,120 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,260 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. City Point Shopping center
    770 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 78 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Flatbush Avenue Extension or Myrtle Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.