Avenue M & East 2nd Street

Avenue M and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1936, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
360 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,060 feet
60 St/23 Av · B9
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    360 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/23 Av, 1,060 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/23 Av B9
    1,060 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-5PM

South side of Avenue M

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 field
  • 1 library
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    750 feet
  2. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    880 feet
  3. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet
  2. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS School
    1,290 feet
  3. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Friends Field
    510 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 2nd Street.

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.