Remsen Avenue & Clarkson Avenue

Remsen Avenue and Clarkson Avenue (south-east) meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Remsen Av/Lenox Rd, is 350 feet away for the B17 and B47, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Remsen Av/Lenox Rd · B17, B47
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, 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/Lenox Rd, 350 feet away, for the B17 and B47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Remsen Av/Lenox Rd B17, B47 · Shelter
    350 feet
    B17 B47
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B17 …
  2. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Lenox Rd & Remsen Ave 18 docks in all
    510 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. 5802 Church Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1235 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2021

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,900 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Einstein Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. P.S. 268 Emma Lazarus School
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    600 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six 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 14 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.