Avenue T & East 13th Street

Avenue T and East 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue U is 1,100 feet away, and Nefesh Academy is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue T · B68
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & East 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 T, 820 feet away, for the B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue T B68 · Shelter
    820 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    930 feet
  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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue T

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310347 and 316060.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    70 feet
  2. Becec School
    360 feet
  3. Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 153 Homecrest School
    520 feet
  2. Nur Kids Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  3. Nefesh Academy School
    1,150 feet
  4. Yeshivat or Hatorah School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and ten food stores.

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 T or East 13th 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.