East 13th Street & Locust Avenue

East 13th Street and Locust Avenue 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. Bais Yaakov Academy is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Avenue M/E 13 St · B9
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 8 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,000 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, 330 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  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 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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 1,200 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 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Locust Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Locust Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10PM SUNDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    550 feet
  2. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    550 feet
Show all 16
  1. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    550 feet
  2. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    760 feet
  4. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    860 feet
  5. Edward R. Murrow High School
    920 feet
  6. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  7. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  8. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    1,100 feet
  9. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,110 feet
  10. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,110 feet
  11. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  12. Shaare Torah School
    1,200 feet
  13. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 20 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 13th Street or Locust 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.