Avenue L & East 19th Street

Avenue L and East 19th 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 310 feet away, and Merkaz the Center is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue L · B9, B49, BM3
Within a walk
28 places
13 religious buildings, 7 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 19th 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 seven 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 Ocean Av/Avenue L, 350 feet away, for the B9, B49 and BM3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B49 …
  3. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.8 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 5 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 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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

West side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311995 and 323235.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bereshith Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    550 feet
  3. Fun Studios Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Merkaz the Center School
    920 feet
  3. Ivdu Elementary School
    970 feet
  4. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,000 feet
  5. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    1,100 feet
  6. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    1,140 feet
  7. Urban Dove Team Charter School
    1,220 feet
  8. Urban Dove Team Charter School V School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Midwood Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,000 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    450 feet
  3. E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1625 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    940 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 eight places to eat and 13 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 19th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.