Avenue K & East 13th Street

Avenue K and East 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohr Shlomo is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue K · B68
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue K & East 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave M 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 Coney Island Av/Avenue K, 630 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue K B68
    630 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 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. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1929.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

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

South side of Avenue K

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

East side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 13th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318271 and 321300.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    220 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    650 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet
  2. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 13 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K or East 13th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.