East 14th Street & Avenue S

East 14th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. William E Kelly Monument is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,010 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue S · B68
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue S, 1,010 feet away, for the B68.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue S B68
    1,010 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 14th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 14th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,140 feet
  3. Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    1,180 feet
  2. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    1,210 feet
  3. Becec School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1413 Avenue T Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.