Coney Island Avenue & Avenue I

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Flatbush is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue I · B68
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave J 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. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue I, 60 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue I B68
    60 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 Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Turn calming, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Exclamation' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 71 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on Coney Island Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Coney Island Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-5PM

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308135, 309721, 310382 and 318231.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    120 feet
  2. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    320 feet
  3. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    700 feet
  2. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    900 feet
  3. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    1,010 feet
  4. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine 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 I or Coney Island Avenue.

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