Avenue N & East 18th Street

Avenue N and East 18th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ivdu Elementary School is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue N · B49, BM3
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 18th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue N, 620 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue N B49, BM3
    620 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue N

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue N

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305026 and 306570.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School
    400 feet
  2. Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School
    400 feet
  3. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ivdu Elementary School
    1,140 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 15 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 18th 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.