Utica Avenue & Avenue I

Utica Avenue and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,004 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Sunners Playground is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue I, is 130 feet away for the B46, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. A bus lane runs along Utica Avenue, 7am to 7pm.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Utica Av/Avenue I · B46
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Utica Avenue & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue I, 130 feet away, for the B46.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Avenue I B46 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B46
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue I.

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1600 Utica Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,004 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 205th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,728 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11234
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
63
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatlands
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1966.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 10PM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of Utica Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 327729 and 334385.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 326 Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. P.S. 251 Paerdegat School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunners Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Bnai Israel of Midwood House of worship
    350 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    210 feet
  2. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and six 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or Utica Avenue.

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