Avenue L & East 31st Street
Avenue L and East 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yad Yisroel is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Nostrand Av, is 180 feet away for the B9, and ten 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Nostrand Av, 180 feet away, for the B9.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/Nostrand Av B9180 feetB9
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 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 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue L
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
South side of Avenue L
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
East side of East 31st Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of East 31st Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 9 religious buildings
- 4 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K170 feet
- Yad Yisroel School330 feet
- Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School370 feet
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- Andries Hudde School1,100 feet
- I. S. 381 School1,100 feet
- Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Andries Playground410 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 32nd Street 260 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue L 280 feet
- Avenue L & New York Avenue 520 feet
- Avenue L & East 29th Street 560 feet
- Avenue L & East 34th Street 780 feet
- Avenue L & East 28th Street 820 feet
- Avenue M & East 31st Street 880 feet
- Avenue K & East 31st Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue L or East 31st Street.