Avenue L & East 22nd Street

Avenue L and East 22nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Urban Dove Team Charter School is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about ten minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue L/E 22 St · B9
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 22nd 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 ten 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 Avenue L/E 22 St, 110 feet away, for the B9.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue L/E 22 St B9
    110 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 2.8 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
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
28 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1937.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

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

South side of Avenue L

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 22nd Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 22nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Fun Studios Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Urban Dove Team Charter School
    860 feet
  3. Urban Dove Team Charter School V School
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Merkaz the Center School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. East Midwood Jewish Center Listed historic place
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    670 feet
  2. E Midwood Jewish Center House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    730 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1625 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 22nd 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.