Avenue M & East 7th Street

Avenue M and East 7th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1942, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Avenue M/E 7 St · B9
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave M Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 7 St, 120 feet away, for the B9.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 7 St B9
    120 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1942.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2025, 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Mekor Haim HS School
    820 feet
  2. Nesivos Bais Yaakov Boys School
    860 feet
  3. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  2. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 7th Street.

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