Avenue J & East 10th Street

Avenue J and East 10th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Midwood Post Office is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Avenue J/Coney Island Av · B6, B11
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/Coney Island Av, 340 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/Coney Island Av B6, B11
    340 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue J

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-5PM

West side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    660 feet
  2. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    840 feet
  3. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
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  1. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    1,130 feet
  2. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    570 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 12 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 10th Street.

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