Nostrand Avenue & Avenue I

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Vanderveer Post Office is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about four minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
23 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
990 feet · 4 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue I · B44
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    990 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 Nostrand Av/Avenue I, 120 feet away, for the B44.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue I B44
    120 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Turn calming, February 2024

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)
Flatlands
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 61 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 70 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Nostrand Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Nostrand Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue I

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue I

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305701, 306286, 307061, 308435 and 312206.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Lil Cookies Too Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  3. Bluesky Daycare Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Yeshiva Vyelipol School
    1,210 feet
  3. Gan-Jewish Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    210 feet
  2. Target Store
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or Nostrand 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.