Avenue N & East 26th Street
Avenue N and East 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue N, is 1,140 feet away for the B44, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue N, 1,140 feet away, for the B44.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Avenue N B441,140 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- 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
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 500 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 72 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
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue N
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue N
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 26th Street
- No parking 15 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 26th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 hospital
Schools and child care
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center1,210 feet
Health care
- Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital1,070 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Derech Emunah Viener House of worship980 feet
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship1,290 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- 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 N & East 27th Street 260 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue N 270 feet
- Avenue N & East 28th Street 520 feet
- Avenue N & East 24th Street 540 feet
- Avenue N & East 29th Street 780 feet
- Avenue N & East 23rd Street 800 feet
- Avenue M & East 26th Street 880 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue O 980 feet
See every intersection along Avenue N or East 26th Street.