Avenue M & East 26th Street
Avenue M and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 193 Gil Hodges is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Bedford Av, is 1,080 feet away for the B9, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, eight of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Bedford Av, 1,080 feet away, for the B9.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue L/Bedford Av B91,080 feetB9
Next buses at this stop
- B9 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2021
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- 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 500 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 1915 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue M
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of East 26th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 26th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School1,050 feet
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center1,060 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship640 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 27th Street 260 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue M 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 28th Street 520 feet
- Avenue M & East 24th Street 540 feet
- Avenue M & East 29th Street 780 feet
- Avenue M & East 23rd Street 800 feet
- Avenue N & East 26th Street 880 feet
- Avenue L & East 26th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 26th Street.