Avenue K & East 17th Street

Avenue K and East 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kolbert Playground is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue K · B49, BM3
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    1,190 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
    0.4 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 Ocean Av/Avenue K, 900 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue K B49, BM3
    900 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 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 March 2026.

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
31 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue K

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 17th Street

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

West side of East 17th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Touro University - Flatbush College
    950 feet
  2. Congregation Ohr Shlomo School
    1,000 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    930 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    750 feet
  2. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 K or East 17th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.