Avenue S & East 15th Street

Avenue S and East 15th Street meet at a three-way junction in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kelly Park Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,270 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue S · B68
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 monument or memorial and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue S & East 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue S, 1,270 feet away, for the B68.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue S B68
    1,270 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
17 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 1954.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    920 feet
  2. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1413 Avenue T Older adult center
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Avenue S or East 15th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.