Remsen Avenue & Clarkson Avenue

Remsen Avenue and Clarkson Avenue (north-west) meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lamad Academy Charter School is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Clarkson Av, is 100 feet away for the B17, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Remsen Av/Clarkson Av · B17
Within a walk
18 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Remsen Avenue & Clarkson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Remsen Av/Clarkson Av, 100 feet away, for the B17.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/Clarkson Av B17
    100 feet
    B17

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Clarkson Ave & E 91 St 12 docks in all
    260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1143 Clarkson Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11212
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 17
City Council district
41
Police precinct
67
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Flatbush-Rugby
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Clarkson Avenue

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

South side of Clarkson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Remsen Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Remsen Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    10 feet
  2. Lamad Academy Charter School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 219 Kennedy-King School
    1,000 feet
Show all 9
  1. Lamad Averne Academy Charter School
    1,020 feet
  2. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    1,120 feet
  4. The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts School
    1,240 feet
  5. Uncommon Kings Charter School NYC School
    1,240 feet
  6. Future Lights Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kennedy King Playground
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Clarkson Avenue or Remsen Avenue.

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