Ralph Avenue & Church Avenue at East 89th Street

Ralph Avenue, Church Avenue and East 89th Street meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Linden Sitting Area is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Church Av, is 120 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Ralph Av/Church Av · B47
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & Church Avenue at East 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Church Av, 120 feet away, for the B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Church Av B47 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Linden Blvd & E 91 St 12 docks in all
    1,110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
42
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Church Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 89th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Flatbush SDA School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Linden Sitting Area Park
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Remsen Church of God House of worship
    930 feet
  2. Grace Deliverance Tabernacle Church House of worship
    960 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    470 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Church Avenue, East 89th Street or Ralph Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.