Avenue J & East 2nd Street

Avenue J and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
620 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Bay Pkwy/E 3 St · B6
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue J & East 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    620 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    1,160 feet
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/E 3 St, 610 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/E 3 St B6
    610 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
39 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Prep High School
    490 feet
  2. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  3. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    1,230 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    1,230 feet
  3. Barkai Yeshivah School
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 2nd Street.

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