Avenue M & Bay Avenue

Avenue M and Bay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ivdu Elementary School is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
760 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Avenue M/E 18 St · B9
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & Bay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    760 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 18 St, 30 feet away, for the B9.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 18 St B9
    30 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 67 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on Avenue M (north side).

South side of Avenue M

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Bay Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Bay Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303455, 307897, 310543 and 314386.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    70 feet
  2. Ivdu Elementary School
    370 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    400 feet
Show all 12
  1. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    560 feet
  2. Bereshith Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    790 feet
  4. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    830 feet
  5. Edward R. Murrow High School
    920 feet
  6. Merkaz the Center School
    980 feet
  7. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School
    1,060 feet
  8. Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School
    1,060 feet
  9. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or Bay Avenue.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.