Avenue J & East 29th Street

Avenue J and East 29th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue K is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue J · B44
Within a walk
15 places
10 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Flatbush Floogies” (1996) by Muriel Castanis at the Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue J, 380 feet away, for the B44.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue J B44
    380 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1955.

Since 2014 at least 16 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue J

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 29th Street

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

West side of East 29th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 322331 and 322751.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Jumpstart Early Intervention Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    950 feet
  3. Andries Hudde School
    1,120 feet
Show all 4
  1. I. S. 381 School
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Vanderveer Post Office
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    950 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven 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 29th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.