Avenue L & East 10th Street

Avenue L and East 10th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudas Achim of Midwood is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue L · B68
Within a walk
28 places
18 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue L, 360 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue L B68
    360 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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. 1780 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Avenue L

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 10th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304747.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    410 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    730 feet
Show all 10
  1. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    930 feet
  3. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  4. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    1,120 feet
  5. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  6. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  7. Marilyn David Ivdu Upper Girls Schoo School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    320 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 10th 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.