Avenue L & East 18th Street

Avenue L and East 18th 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. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue L · B9, B49, BM3
Within a walk
26 places
12 religious buildings, 5 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 18th 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
    0.4 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 Ocean Av/Avenue L, 620 feet away, for the B9, B49 and BM3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue L B9, B49, BM3
    620 feet
    B9 B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B49 …
  3. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean 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
    0.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 127 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue L

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

East side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM 2PM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    290 feet
  2. Bereshith Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    600 feet
Show all 10
  1. Ivdu Elementary School
    710 feet
  2. Edward R. Murrow High School
    730 feet
  3. Fun Studios Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  4. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    910 feet
  5. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,080 feet
  6. Merkaz the Center School
    1,190 feet
  7. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Midwood Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    520 feet
  3. E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    610 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1625 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 18th Street.

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