Avenue N & East 28th Street
Avenue N and East 28th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue N, is 620 feet away for the B44, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue N, 620 feet away, for the B44.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Avenue N B44620 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station840 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers990 feet
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.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 70
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Midwood
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 600 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.
Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
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- 34 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and September 2020, 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
East side of East 28th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 28th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center690 feet
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,090 feet
- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah School1,130 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pfc Norton Playground1,270 feet
Houses of worship
- Our Lady Help of Christians RC Church House of worship760 feet
- Kingsway Jewish Center Listed historic place1,050 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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
- Avenue N & East 29th Street 260 feet
- Avenue N & East 26th Street 520 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue N 540 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue N 790 feet
- Kings Highway & East 28th Street 810 feet
- Avenue N & East 31st Street 820 feet
- Avenue M & East 28th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue N or East 28th Street.