Avenue M & East 65th Street

Avenue M and East 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Mill Basin Library is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Avenue M, is 230 feet away for the B47, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Avenue M & East 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Avenue M, 230 feet away, for the B47.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ralph Av/Avenue M B47
    230 feet
    B47

Next buses at this stop

  1. B47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Ralph Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 2143 Flatbush Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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)
Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East 65th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Kidz Korner Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hickman Playground
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mill Basin Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Mary Queen Heaven Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Congregation Beit Hillel of Flatlands House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2164 Ralph Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 323 Fire station
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    280 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    510 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Georgetowne Shopping Center Shopping center
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.