Avenue J & East 15th Street

Avenue J and East 15th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Domenico ‘Dom’ DeMarco Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohr Shlomo is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
120 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Avenue J/E 16 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    120 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, 170 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
29 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Domenico ‘Dom’ DeMarco Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

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 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Domenico ‘Dom’ DeMarco Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 7 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.

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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 15th Street

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

West side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305610, 310917, 311810 and 321817.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 college
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    230 feet
  2. Touro University - Flatbush College
    410 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    530 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    540 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  4. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    1,180 feet
  5. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    530 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 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 15th Street.

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