Avenue J & East 14th Street

Avenue J and East 14th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue J is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
380 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Avenue J/E 16 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    380 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/E 16 St, 430 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 16 St B6, B11
    430 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on East 14th Street (west side).

North side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 2PM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 2PM-7PM
  • 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
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue J

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

East side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY NOON-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY NOON-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-NOON EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310747, 310916, 317285 and 322835.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    490 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  3. Touro University - Flatbush College
    670 feet
Show all 9
  1. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    790 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    800 feet
  4. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    980 feet
  5. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    980 feet
  6. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    810 feet
  2. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    250 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 14th 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.