Coney Island Avenue & Avenue M

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue M meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 835 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Agudas Achim of Midwood is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Avenue M/Coney Island Av · B9
Within a walk
25 places
11 religious buildings, 8 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue M Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,240 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/Coney Island Av, 60 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/Coney Island Av B9
    60 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 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 June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2015
  • Turn calming, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2026

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 835 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on Coney Island Avenue641
Westbound on Avenue M194
Total835

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
29 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 1931.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

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

South side of Avenue M

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

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 4PM-7PM 3 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305914, 308828 and 322058.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    200 feet
  3. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    230 feet
Show all 14
  1. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    350 feet
  2. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    350 feet
  3. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    410 feet
  4. Shaare Torah School
    500 feet
  5. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  6. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    610 feet
  7. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    790 feet
  8. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    890 feet
  9. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  10. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    1,130 feet
  11. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    640 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or Coney Island Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.