Avenue K & East 15th Street

Avenue K and East 15th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Ohr Shlomo is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1928, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Avenue J/E 16 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    1,000 feet
    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 Avenue J/E 16 St, 1,040 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 16 St B6, B11
    1,040 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
30 feet above sea level

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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and January 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 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 15th Street

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

West side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 2 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 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310917 and 311614.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    480 feet
  2. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,160 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  3. Touro University - Flatbush College
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and ten 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 K or East 15th Street.

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