Speed, Red Light & Bus Lane Cameras in Brooklyn
20 cameras across 8 neighborhoods
Camera Summary
13 speed cameras
6 red light cameras
1 bus lane camera
Brooklyn's camera enforcement has expanded significantly over the past two years as the city added bus lanes on Flatbush Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, and 86th Street. The borough combines dense residential school-zone speed cameras, a growing bus-lane network on the major commercial corridors, and red-light cameras at the boundaries with Manhattan and Queens.
Cameras by Neighborhood
Bay Ridge
Ridge Blvd & 72nd St (near PS 102)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
86th St & 4th Ave
24/7
$50
Bed-Stuy
Fulton St & Nostrand Ave
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Fulton St & Utica Ave
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Bushwick
Knickerbocker Ave & Starr St (near PS 299)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Broadway & Myrtle Ave
24/7
$50
Crown Heights
St Johns Pl & Schenectady Ave (near PS 289)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Eastern Pkwy & Washington Ave
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Atlantic Ave & Utica Ave
24/7
$50
Downtown Brooklyn
Flatbush Ave & Atlantic Ave
24/7
$50
Atlantic Ave & 4th Ave
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Park Slope
4th Ave & 9th St
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
7th Ave & 2nd St (near PS 321)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Flatbush Ave & 7th Ave
24/7
$50
Sunset Park
5th Ave & 42nd St (near PS 169)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
4th Ave & 36th St
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Williamsburg
Bedford Ave & N 7th St
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Broadway & Marcy Ave
24/7
$50
Union Ave & S 3rd St (near PS 16)
6 AM - 10 PM, school days
$50
Grand St & Roebling St (B62)
7 AM - 7 PM weekdays
$115
Route Strategy for Brooklyn
Brooklyn's bus-lane camera expansion is the most aggressive in the city right now. Flatbush Avenue, Atlantic Avenue, and 86th Street in Bay Ridge all carry dedicated bus lanes with camera enforcement during posted hours. For delivery fleets running routes through Downtown Brooklyn or across the Flatbush corridor to the southern neighborhoods, these bus lanes are the single biggest source of new camera tickets — drivers who used the same street layouts a year ago may not realize the lane rules have changed.
Speed cameras in Brooklyn concentrate in the residential neighborhoods with dense school zones — Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bed-Stuy, Bushwick, and Crown Heights all have clusters of speed cameras on side streets within a few blocks of elementary and middle schools. The school-day enforcement window from 6 AM to 10 PM catches morning rush deliveries most heavily.
Red-light cameras in Brooklyn cluster at the approaches to the Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, and the boundary intersections with Queens near Broadway and Bushwick Avenue. The intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue — one of the busiest in the borough — has multiple red-light cameras pointed in different directions. Drivers rushing to cross into Manhattan during morning hours are the most frequent red-light camera violators on the Brooklyn approaches.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there bus-lane cameras on Flatbush Avenue?
Yes. Flatbush Avenue has multiple bus-lane cameras along its length, particularly in the segments running through Downtown Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, and Flatbush proper. The bus-lane rules allow non-bus vehicles to use the lane briefly for right turns or to reach the curb, but any sustained use will trigger a camera ticket during enforcement hours.
Which Brooklyn neighborhoods have the most speed cameras?
Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Bed-Stuy, and Crown Heights have the highest speed camera density in Brooklyn, concentrated on side streets near schools. Brooklyn has added more speed cameras in recent years than any other borough as part of the Vision Zero program, and the expansion continues in residential neighborhoods with documented crash history.
How do I find every camera on my Brooklyn route?
Start by mapping your route and identifying which streets are posted bus lanes or school-zone corridors — those two categories account for the majority of Brooklyn camera tickets. Clear Plates scans your fleet's violation history nightly and will show you which specific locations your drivers are hitting most frequently, so you can re-route or brief drivers on the highest-risk streets.
What this means for commercial fleets
Delivery fleets running routes through Brooklyn face a different risk profile than Manhattan — the camera density is lower per square mile, but Brooklyn's routes are longer and more complex, so a single delivery loop can expose a vehicle to enforcement on multiple avenues across multiple neighborhoods. The bus-lane expansion on Flatbush, Atlantic, and 86th Street is the most important recent change — fleets that drove the same routes a year ago may be picking up tickets on lane rules that didn't exist then.
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