Ralph Avenue & East 78th Street

Ralph Avenue and East 78th Street meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Redwood is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Farragut Rd, is 270 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Ralph Av/Farragut Rd · B47
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & East 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Farragut Rd, 270 feet away, for the B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Farragut Rd B47
    270 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 401 East 80th Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63 and 69 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of East 78th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 78th Street

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

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 336918.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    430 feet
  2. Canarsie Childhood Center Preschool
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glenwood Playground
    490 feet
  2. Curtis Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glenwood Community Center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Good Food for Less Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 78th Street or Ralph Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.