East 13th Street & Avenue I

East 13th Street and Avenue I meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1936, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
570 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
East 13th Street & Avenue I Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    0.3 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
    0.3 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, 570 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue I B68
    570 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1920 and 1936.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue I

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue I

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of East 13th Street

  • 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 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

West side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307711 and 309280.

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. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    120 feet
  2. Hebrew Institute for the Deaf School
    360 feet
  3. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bnot Chaya Academy School
    660 feet
  2. Yeshivah of Flatbush Es School
    860 feet
  3. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    1,040 feet
  4. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Flatbush Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    1,070 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    970 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue I or East 13th Street.

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