Avenue M & East 27th Street
Avenue M and East 27th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church is 380 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue M, is 840 feet away for the B44 and BM4, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, seven of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue M, 840 feet away, for the B44 and BM4.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Avenue M B44, BM4840 feetB44 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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
- 25 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 1920 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Avenue M
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of East 27th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of East 27th 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 listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center800 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship380 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 signal or safety change 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 28th Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 26th Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 29th Street 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue M 530 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue M 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 24th Street 800 feet
- Avenue L & East 27th Street 880 feet
- Avenue N & East 27th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 27th Street.