Avenue L & East 28th Street
Avenue L and East 28th 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. In 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yad Yisroel is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/E 28 St, is 100 feet away for the B9, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine 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, 100 feet away, for the B9.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/E 28 St B9100 feetB9
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,335th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 251 more were issued.
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 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of East 28th Street
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 28th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 9 religious buildings
- 5 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School690 feet
- Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School700 feet
- Yad Yisroel School710 feet
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- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K990 feet
- Andries Hudde School1,080 feet
- I. S. 381 School1,080 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Andries Playground440 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship1,010 feet
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship1,080 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:
- Avenue L & East 27th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & East 29th Street 260 feet
- Avenue L & East 26th Street 520 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue L 540 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue L 790 feet
- Avenue L & East 31st Street 820 feet
- Avenue M & East 28th Street 880 feet
- Avenue K & East 28th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 28th Street.