Avenue J & East 17th Street

Avenue J and East 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue J is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
310 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue J/E 18 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    310 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
    0.5 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 18 St, 190 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 18 St B6, B11 · Countdown sign
    190 feet
    B6 B11
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

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 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 305628.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    170 feet
  2. Touro University - Flatbush College
    200 feet
  3. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    1,060 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 17th Street.

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