East 14th Street & Locust Avenue

East 14th Street and Locust Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
820 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Avenue M/E 15 St · B9
Within a walk
21 places
8 religious buildings, 6 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    820 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave J Q
    0.5 miles
    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 15 St, 540 feet away, for the B9.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 15 St B9 · Shelter
    540 feet
    B9
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 51 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.5 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Redmond' American linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

East side of East 14th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 14th Street

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

North side of Locust Avenue

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

South side of Locust Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    490 feet
  2. Edward R. Murrow High School
    650 feet
  3. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    800 feet
Show all 12
  1. Bais Yaakov Academy School
    820 feet
  2. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    820 feet
  4. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    820 feet
  5. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  6. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  7. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    1,130 feet
  8. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretsky School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  9. Cong Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    800 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 21 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 14th 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.