Coney Island Avenue & Elm Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Elm Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Coney Island Av/Chestnut Av · B68
Within a walk
23 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Elm Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,300 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 Coney Island Av/Chestnut Av, 240 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Chestnut Av B68
    240 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2021, 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).

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Elm Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Elm Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 307055.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Shaare Torah School
    130 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    240 feet
Show all 14
  1. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    270 feet
  2. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    570 feet
  4. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    570 feet
  5. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    710 feet
  6. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    720 feet
  7. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    720 feet
  8. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    760 feet
  9. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    770 feet
  10. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,260 feet
  11. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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 Coney Island Avenue or Elm Avenue.

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.