Avenue M & East 19th Street

Avenue M and East 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Midwood is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1962, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
910 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Avenue M/E 18 St · B9
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    910 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, 180 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 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.

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 19th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304946, 309342, 310543, 313553 and 323235.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    220 feet
  2. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    410 feet
  3. Ivdu Elementary School
    520 feet
Show all 12
  1. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Bereshith Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Merkaz the Center School
    830 feet
  4. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    940 feet
  5. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    970 feet
  6. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School
    1,010 feet
  7. Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School
    1,010 feet
  8. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,070 feet
  9. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 19th 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.