Avenue K & East 23rd Street
Avenue K and East 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. E Midwood Jewish Center is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue K/Bedford Av, is 500 feet away for the BM1 and BM4, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue K/Bedford Av, 500 feet away, for the BM1 and BM4.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue K/Bedford Av BM1, BM4500 feetBM1 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- BM1 …
- BM4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2020
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
- 30 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 35 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue K
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of Avenue K
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of East 23rd Street
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 23rd Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 older adult center
Schools and child care
- Urban Dove Team Charter School970 feet
- Urban Dove Team Charter School V School970 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- East Midwood Jewish Center Listed historic place1,020 feet
Houses of worship
- E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship850 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 1625 Ocean Avenue Older adult center1,090 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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:
- Avenue K & East 24th Street 260 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue K 260 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue K 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue K 530 feet
- Avenue K & East 26th Street 800 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue K 810 feet
- Avenue L & East 23rd Street 880 feet
- Avenue J & East 23rd Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue K or East 23rd Street.