Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue at Clarendon Road

Ralph Avenue, Ditmas Avenue and Clarendon Road meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 62 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 1,860 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Wyckoff House Museum is 450 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, is 70 feet away for the B47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
50 hurt
62 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd · B47
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue at Clarendon Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, 70 feet away, for the B47.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd B47
    70 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Clarendon Road.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 401 East 80th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 62 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,860 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
42 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Clarendon Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Medieval Survival, and built in 1652.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 285 Meyer Levin School
    940 feet
  2. Birch Family Services - Nazareth Ctr School
    1,030 feet
  3. Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School
    1,030 feet
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  1. Nazareth Regional High School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Harry Maze Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 58 Ambulance station
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Pieter Wyckoff House Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Wyckoff House Museum Landmark
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    990 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Clarendon Road, Ditmas Avenue or Ralph Avenue.

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