Ralph Avenue & Paerdegat Avenue South

Ralph Avenue and Paerdegat Avenue South meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Academy for Conservation and the Environment is 790 feet away, and Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Flatlands Av/Ralph Av, is 60 feet away for the B82 and B82 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

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Ralph Avenue & Paerdegat Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatlands Av/Ralph Av, 60 feet away, for the B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatlands Av/Ralph Av B82, B82 SBS
    60 feet
    B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …
  2. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5828 Flatlands Avenue Gas station
    760 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
63 and 69 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 180 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 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Paerdegat Avenue South

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Ralph Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Conservation and the Environment School
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Bridge Academy School
    790 feet
  3. Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity School
    790 feet
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  1. Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School
    790 feet
  2. Uncommon Preparatory CHS School
    790 feet
  3. Uncommon Preparatory Charter High School
    790 feet
  4. Victory Collegiate High School
    790 feet
  5. Generation Health Career Institute, Trade or language school
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Paerdegat Library
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Redwood House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5701 Avenue H Older adult center
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and eight 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:

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