New York Avenue & Avenue H

New York Avenue and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about three minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
910 feet · 3 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue H/New York Av · B103, BM2
Within a walk
7 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    910 feet
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue H/New York Av, 110 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue H/New York Av B103, BM2
    110 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4102 Avenue H Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
45
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Farragut
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 3,000 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 1950 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 151 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of Avenue H

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 319226.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  2. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  3. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Hillel Place Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    600 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue H or New York Avenue.

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