Avenue M & East 105th Street

Avenue M and East 105th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Canarsie, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue M/E 105 St, is 50 feet away for the B103 and BM2, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Avenue M & East 105th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 105 St, 50 feet away, for the B103 and BM2.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 105 St B103, BM2
    50 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Avenue M

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of East 105th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of East 105th Street

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Fresh Creek Nature Preserve Nature area
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

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 of the 10 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.