Avenue U & East 18th Street

Avenue U and East 18th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Ohel Torah is 1,220 feet away, and St Edmund Prep High School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
650 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Avenue U/E 18 St · B3
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue U & East 18th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    650 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    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 18 St, 100 feet away, for the B3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 18 St B3 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 61 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. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Turn calming, July 2025

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue U

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302958, 303254, 307066, 307291 and 319236.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Nefesh Academy School
    1,080 feet
  2. St Edmund Elementary School
    1,080 feet
  3. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Edmund Prep High School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    800 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2600 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    50 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 27 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 U or East 18th Street.

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