Avenue T & East 14th Street

Avenue T and East 14th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Luther Mook Corner by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 153 Homecrest is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Avenue U/E 13 St · B3
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & East 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    1,290 feet
    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 Avenue U/E 13 St, 1,010 feet away, for the B3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 13 St B3
    1,010 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
16 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Luther Mook Corner, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).

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 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Luther Mook Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 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 14th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308617 and 313326.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    190 feet
  2. Nur Kids Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    530 feet
  3. Becec School
    620 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 153 Homecrest School
    770 feet
  3. Nefesh Academy School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    220 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 14th Street.

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