Avenue N & East 2nd Street

Avenue N and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dahill Triangle is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
360 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue N/E 3 St · B9
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue N & East 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 360 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave N F
    360 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F

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 N/E 3 St, 190 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 3 St B9
    190 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 1,100 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue N

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue N

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    410 feet
  3. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    410 feet
Show all 4
  1. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    880 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue N or East 2nd Street.

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