Utica Avenue & Avenue O
Utica Avenue and Avenue O meet at a three-way junction in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,229 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Power Playground is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue O, is 50 feet away for the B46, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat. A bus lane runs along Utica Avenue, 7am to 7pm.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue O, 50 feet away, for the B46.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Avenue O B4650 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Utica Avenue carries a bus lane, 7am to 7pm, every day.
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2255 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 4,229 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 197th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,096 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 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 1925 and 1935.
Trees
NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Utica Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320697.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Power Playground860 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,300 feet
- Food Universe Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,170 feet
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, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 51st Street & Avenue O 280 feet
- East 52nd Street & Avenue O 540 feet
- Utica Avenue & Fillmore Avenue 780 feet
- East 53rd Street & Avenue O 810 feet
- Avenue N & Utica Avenue 860 feet
- East 49th Street & Fillmore Avenue 1,060 feet
- East 51st Street & Fillmore Avenue 1,060 feet
- East 54th Street & Avenue O 1,080 feet
See every intersection along Avenue O or Utica Avenue.