Avenue M & East 102nd Street

Avenue M and East 102nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Avenue M/E 102 St, is 40 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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Avenue M & East 102nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 102 St, 40 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 102 St B103, BM2
    40 feet
    B103 BM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. B103 …
  2. BM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2000 Rockaway Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11236
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 18
City Council district
46
Police precinct
69
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Canarsie
Elevation
7 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Avenue M

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of East 102nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 102nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 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
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.