10th Avenue & 38th Street

The three-way junction of 10th Avenue and 38th Street is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Meor Hatorah is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 9 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
9 Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
39 St/10 Av · B35
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
10th Avenue & 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 9 Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 9 Av D
    1,170 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bees for Sunset Park” (2012) by Christopher Russell at the 9 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 39 St/10 Av, 370 feet away, for the B35.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 St/10 Av B35 · Shelter
    370 feet
    B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. New Utrecht Ave & 9 Ave 19 docks in all
    1,110 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 484 43rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
85 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2014 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 10th Avenue

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

West side of 10th Avenue

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

North side of 38th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of 38th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Sanz Klausenburg School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    570 feet
  2. Hello Kiddie Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Bais Esther School 3 School
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mesivta Meor Hatorah School
    740 feet
  2. Bnos Margulia Viznitz School
    920 feet
  3. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Yeshiva Kehilath Yakov School
    1,020 feet
  5. West Brooklyn Community High School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Heffernan Triangle
    980 feet
  2. Brizzi Playground
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 9th Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1021 38th Street Older adult center
    340 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 10th Avenue or 38th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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 Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.