1,199 crashes were reported on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn from 2023 through 2025. They injured 774 people and 8 killed. That places it #1 among 1,111 Brooklyn streets with at least two crashes a year, and it carried 1.7% of the borough's recorded crashes.
In 2025 there were 459 crashes on this street, up 16% from 2024. So far in 2026 (through October 31, 2026), 369 crashes have been recorded.
Crashes on Atlantic Avenue by year
| Year | Crashes | Injured | Killed | Pedestrians injured | Cyclists injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 369 | 253 | 0 | 22 | 16 |
| 2025 | 459 | 295 | 2 | 48 | 16 |
| 2024 | 397 | 235 | 1 | 30 | 13 |
| 2023 | 343 | 244 | 5 | 36 | 14 |
| 2022 | 384 | 257 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 2021 | 451 | 259 | 6 | 29 | 15 |
Intersections along Atlantic Avenue
The intersection with the most crashes along it was Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue, with 111 crashes in the same period.
- Atlantic Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue111 crashes · 77 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Logan Street91 crashes · 60 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Flatbush Avenue64 crashes · 34 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Hicks Street59 crashes · 12 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Eastern Parkway57 crashes · 38 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Rockaway Avenue48 crashes · 51 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Bedford Avenue45 crashes · 31 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Utica Avenue45 crashes · 39 injured
- 4th Avenue & Atlantic Avenue43 crashes · 17 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Nostrand Avenue34 crashes · 18 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Boerum Place32 crashes · 11 injured
- Atlantic Avenue & Vanderbilt Avenue31 crashes · 20 injured
Injuries and who was hurt
There were 65 injuries for every 100 crashes on Atlantic Avenue, above the Brooklyn rate of 57.
Of the people injured on Atlantic Avenue, 15% were pedestrians, 5.7% cyclists and 79% drivers or passengers. Pedestrians were 25% of the 8 people killed.
| Road user | Injured | Share of injured | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 114 | 15% | 2 |
| Cyclists | 43 | 5.7% | 0 |
| Motorists (drivers and passengers) | 593 | 79% | 6 |
What police say caused the crashes
Police named a specific contributing factor in 57% of crashes on Atlantic Avenue. The most common was Driver Inattention/Distraction (34% of crashes with a known factor), followed by following too closely and failure to yield right-of-way.
ZIP codes this street crosses
Crashes on Atlantic Avenue by ZIP code, 2023–2025.
How to read these figures
Each figure counts crashes that an NYPD officer reported on the MV-104AN form, which is required when someone is injured or killed or when damage reaches $1,000. One crash can injure several people, so injuries can exceed crashes.
Police do not record the borough or ZIP code for every crash — about 23% of crashes citywide in the same years have no borough — so local totals are a floor, not an exact count. The contributing factor is the one listed for the first vehicle in the report.
Street names in police reports are typed by hand. We merge common spellings (for example "Ave" and "Avenue"), but some crashes on this street may be filed under a variant we could not match.
Source: NYPD crash reports published by NYC Open Data (Motor Vehicle Collisions – Crashes). Data through October 31, 2026. Figures are preliminary and may change. How we calculate these figures.