Avenue L & East 26th Street
Avenue L and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 193 Gil Hodges is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Bedford Av, is 200 feet away for the B9, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Bedford Av, 200 feet away, for the B9.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/Bedford Av B9200 feetB9
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 August 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
- 27 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of East 26th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 26th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 10 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School170 feet
- Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School1,220 feet
- Yad Yisroel School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Andries Playground960 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- 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:
- Avenue L & East 27th Street 260 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue L 270 feet
- Avenue L & East 28th Street 520 feet
- Avenue L & East 24th Street 540 feet
- Avenue L & East 29th Street 780 feet
- Avenue L & East 23rd Street 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 26th Street 880 feet
- Avenue K & East 26th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 26th Street.