East 13th Street & Avenue O

East 13th Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Advent Gravesend Church is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue O · B68
Within a walk
16 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave M Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue O, 630 feet away, for the B68.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue O B68 · Shelter
    630 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,200 feet
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
48
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1964.

Since 2014 at least 23 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue O

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

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-3PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Ucp of NYC - William O'Connor Midwo School
    140 feet
  2. Adapt Community Network Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    270 feet
  3. Imagine Academy School
    740 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brendan Church House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 O or East 13th Street.

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