Avenue M & New York Avenue
Avenue M and New York Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Fraser Square is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Fraser Sq, is 480 feet away for the B82, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Fraser Sq, 480 feet away, for the B82.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Fraser Sq B82480 feetB82
Next buses at this stop
- B82 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 63
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Flatlands
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 32 signs on these blocks
- 9 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue M
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
South side of Avenue M
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of New York Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of New York Avenue
- Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 11 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 hospital
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- The Auditory/Oral School of NY Preschool, ages 2 to 560 feet
- Auditory Oral School of New York Preschool280 feet
- Yeshiva Lev Torah - Site 2 School640 feet
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- Yeshivat Lev Torah High School640 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fraser Square340 feet
Health care
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn Hospital560 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship960 feet
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship1,310 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue M & East 34th Street 260 feet
- Avenue M & East 32nd Street 260 feet
- Kings Highway & New York Avenue 490 feet
- Avenue M & East 31st Street 520 feet
- Kings Highway & East 35th Street 640 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue M 670 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue M 800 feet
- Avenue N & New York Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue M or New York Avenue.