Avenue L & East 7th Street

Avenue L and East 7th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Friends Field is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue M/E 7 St, is 960 feet away for the B9, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 12 of them religious buildings. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Avenue M/E 7 St · B9
Within a walk
18 places
12 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue L & East 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 7 St, 960 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 7 St B9
    960 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue L

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-10AM 3PM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field

Schools and child care

  1. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. Marilyn David Ivdu Upper Girls Schoo School
    470 feet
  3. Yeshiva of Brooklyn School
    580 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Friends Field
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue L or East 7th 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.