Coney Island Avenue & Avenue K

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue K meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue K · B68
Within a walk
17 places
11 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue K 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 …

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 K, 120 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue K B68
    120 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Turn calming, May 2023

About this corner

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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 58 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2026; 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).

North side of Avenue K

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue K

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306074, 306797, 310203, 310739, 316906 and 320477.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    670 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,010 feet
  2. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    700 feet

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue K 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.