Avenue R & East 10th Street

Avenue R and East 10th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue R · B68
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue R & East 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue R, 290 feet away, for the B68.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue R B68
    290 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 10th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309048 and 310493.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School
    740 feet
Show all 11
  1. Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School
    740 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    950 feet
  4. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    970 feet
  5. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    970 feet
  6. Ateret Torah Center School
    1,270 feet
  7. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet
  8. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 13 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 10th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.