Avenue T & East 2nd Street

Avenue T and East 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shaare Zion Congregation is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Avenue U/E 2 St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 2 St, 940 feet away, for the B3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 2 St B3
    940 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

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

South side of Avenue T

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

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 12 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

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,160 feet
  3. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shaare Zion Congregation House of worship
    1,060 feet
  2. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue T 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.