Avenue J & East 13th Street

Avenue J and East 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
640 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Avenue J/Coney Island Av · B6
Within a walk
22 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    640 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    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, 280 feet away, for the B6.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/Coney Island Av B6
    280 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 60 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM 3 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307711, 310747, 317285 and 321300.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  3. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    720 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    860 feet
  3. Touro University - Flatbush College
    930 feet
  4. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    1,050 feet
  5. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    1,060 feet
  6. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  7. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    550 feet
  2. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    70 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    90 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 13th Street.

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