Union Street & East 98th Street

Union Street and East 98th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Remsen Village, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Howard Malls is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sutter Av-Rutland Rd
920 feet · 3 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
E 98 St/Winthrop St · B15
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Street & East 98th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sutter Av-Rutland Rd, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Sutter Av-Rutland Rd 3
    920 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
    0.3 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/Winthrop St, 130 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 98 St/Winthrop St B15
    130 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Rockaway Pkwy & Winthrop St 18 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 24 Dumont Avenue Gas station
    600 feet
  2. 492 Thomas Boyland Street Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 four crashes 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 December 2024.

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)
East Flatbush-Remsen Village

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and January 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Street

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

West side of Union Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 340821.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Middle School
    480 feet
  2. Traditional Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn Ascend Charter Es School
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School
    940 feet
  2. Brooklyn Ascend Charter School 6 School
    940 feet
  3. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers< Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Howard Malls Park
    620 feet
  2. Howard Garden
    830 feet

Fire and police

  1. Division 15/Engine 283 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Green Village Supermarket Supermarket
    500 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    310 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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 East 98th Street or Union Street.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.