Avenue L & East 13th Street

Avenue L and East 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Agudas Achim of Midwood is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue L · B68
Within a walk
23 places
12 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave M 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 J Q
    0.5 miles
    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, 640 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    0.6 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

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

South side of Avenue L

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

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    530 feet
  3. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    640 feet
Show all 10
  1. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    1,000 feet
  3. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  4. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    1,130 feet
  5. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    1,140 feet
  6. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,150 feet
  7. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine 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 L 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.