East 13th Street & Avenue H

East 13th Street and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave H
610 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue H · B68
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 13th Street & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave H, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave H Q
    610 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q
  2. Ave J Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue H, 640 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue H B68
    640 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Argyle Road and Avenue H.

  • 3 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Argyle Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Avenue H

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue H

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival with alterations. They were mostly built in 1906.

  1. Avenue H Station House Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    550 feet
  2. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    1,050 feet
  3. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 817 Avenue H Older adult center
    1,210 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,230 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Argyle Road, Avenue H or East 13th Street.

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