East 14th Street & Avenue R

East 14th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kelly Park Playground is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
E 16 St/Avenue R · B2, B31
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 14th Street & Avenue R Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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 E 16 St/Avenue R, 530 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 16 St/Avenue R B2, B31
    530 feet
    B2 B31

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2024
  • Turn calming, November 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 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
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue R

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

East side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309332 and 313147.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    290 feet
  2. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    660 feet
  3. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    900 feet
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  1. Bnos Esther Malka School
    860 feet
  2. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    860 feet
  3. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  4. Ip Training Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  5. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  6. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    1,250 feet
  7. Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet
  8. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six 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 R or East 14th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.