East 13th Street & Elm Avenue

East 13th Street and Elm Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov Academy is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
740 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Avenue M/E 13 St · B9
Within a walk
23 places
8 religious buildings, 8 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    740 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/E 13 St, 230 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 13 St B9
    230 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 96 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur corktree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of East 13th Street

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

West side of East 13th Street

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

North side of Elm Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Elm Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    100 feet
  2. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    570 feet
  3. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    580 feet
Show all 15
  1. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Shaare Torah School
    690 feet
  3. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  4. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    770 feet
  5. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  6. Yesodot Hatorah-Girls School
    870 feet
  7. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School
    880 feet
  8. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    910 feet
  9. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  10. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    1,010 feet
  11. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  12. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 22 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 of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.