Avenue M & East 13th Street

Avenue M and East 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov Academy is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
700 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Avenue M/E 13 St · B9
Within a walk
25 places
9 religious buildings, 9 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    700 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 13 St, 30 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 13 St B9
    30 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2016

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
29 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.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

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

South side of Avenue M

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

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311448 and 313698.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    250 feet
  2. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    550 feet
  3. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    600 feet
Show all 16
  1. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    780 feet
  4. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    800 feet
  5. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  6. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  7. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    870 feet
  8. Shaare Torah School
    910 feet
  9. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,060 feet
  10. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    1,090 feet
  11. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    1,110 feet
  12. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  13. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 13th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.