New York Avenue & Avenue I

New York Avenue and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine 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. Vanderveer Post Office is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about five minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Flatbush Av/Avenue I · B41
Within a walk
7 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New York Avenue & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.3 miles
    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 Flatbush Av/Avenue I, 150 feet away, for the B41.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Avenue I B41 · Shelter
    150 feet
    B41
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1777 New York Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,900 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 1930 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 52 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of New York Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1780 and 1792.

  1. Joost and Elizabeth Van Nuyse House Designated landmark
    560 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  3. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    770 feet

Fire and police

  1. 63rd Precinct Police station
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    930 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,010 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue I or New York Avenue.

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