Avenue L & East 27th Street
Avenue L and East 27th 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. Andries Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/E 28 St, is 170 feet away for the B9, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/E 28 St, 170 feet away, for the B9.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/E 28 St B9170 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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
- 26 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of East 27th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 27th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School430 feet
- Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School960 feet
- Yad Yisroel School970 feet
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- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,250 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Andries Playground700 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship1,260 feet
- Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship1,270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 28th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & East 26th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & East 29th Street 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue L 530 feet
- Avenue L & East 24th Street 800 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue L 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 27th Street 880 feet
- Avenue K & East 27th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 27th Street.