Avenue M & East 52nd Street
Avenue M and East 52nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Ethan Zachary Holder Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 15 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School is 200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Avenue M, is 620 feet away for the B46. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Avenue M, 620 feet away, for the B46.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utica Av/Avenue M B46620 feetB46
Next buses at this stop
- B46 …
Cycling
- 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1982 Utica Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers0.7 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.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2024
- Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2024
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2026 so far, through August 27, 15 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11234
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Ethan Zachary Holder Way, a co-naming enacted on March 19, 2023 (Local Law 44 of 2023).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 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 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ethan Zachary Holder Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of East 52nd Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Floyd Bennett School200 feet
- Learning Ladder Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K760 feet
Houses of worship
- Mary Queen Heaven Church House of worship1,210 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket930 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 51st Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 53rd Street 270 feet
- Avenue M & East 54th Street 540 feet
- Avenue M & Utica Avenue 540 feet
- Avenue M & East 55th Street 800 feet
- Avenue L & East 52nd Street 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 49th Street 820 feet
- Avenue N & East 52nd Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or East 52nd Street.