East 17th Street & Avenue P

East 17th Street and Avenue P meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,519 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kingsway Post Office is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
800 feet · 3 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
E 18 St/Avenue P · B7, B82
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 trade or language schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Avenue P Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    800 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 18 St/Avenue P, 420 feet away, for the B7 and B82.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 18 St/Avenue P B7, B82 · Shelter
    420 feet
    B7 B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,519 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 544th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 693 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1925 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 60 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and January 2019; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

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

South side of Avenue P

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307249, 312608 and 323540.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    500 feet
  3. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    500 feet
  2. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    880 feet
  3. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  4. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  5. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    1,170 feet
  2. Jewish Center of Kings Highway Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,240 feet
  2. Advent Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    490 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    980 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Forest Supermarket
    430 feet
  2. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    620 feet
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    780 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    590 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    670 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 30 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P or East 17th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.