Ralph Avenue & East 98th Street

Ralph Avenue and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Malls is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
16 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
E 98 St/Blake Av · B15, B47
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ralph Avenue & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    350 feet
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. Saratoga Av 3
    0.5 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Ailanthus” (2017) by Nancy Baker at the Sutter Av-Rutland Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 98 St/Blake Av, 80 feet away, for the B15 and B47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Blake Av B15, B47
    80 feet
    B15 B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Rutland Rd 20 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 16
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67 and 73 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brownsville

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on East 98th Street (west side).

East side of East 98th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

East side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-9:30AM

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 335791.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    230 feet
  2. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  3. Aspirations Diploma Plus High School
    930 feet
Show all 9
  1. Brownsville Academy High School
    930 feet
  2. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Inner Force Tots Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  4. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    1,270 feet
  5. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    1,270 feet
  6. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    680 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    950 feet
  3. Lincoln Terrace / Arthur S. Somers Park
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    170 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along East 98th Street or Ralph Avenue.

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