East 15th Street & Avenue R

East 15th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. William E Kelly Monument is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,180 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
E 16 St/Avenue R · B2, B31
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 15th Street & Avenue R Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,180 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    1,180 feet
    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, 270 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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, 1.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 4 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 15th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318470 and 322084.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    400 feet
  2. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    540 feet
  3. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bnos Esther Malka School
    600 feet
  2. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    990 feet
  4. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  5. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    1,100 feet
  6. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    370 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 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
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 15th 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.