East 17th Street & Avenue R

East 17th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Esther Malka is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Avenue R/E 18 St · B2, B31
Within a walk
13 places
6 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    1,190 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 Avenue R/E 18 St, 260 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue R/E 18 St B2, B31
    260 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.2 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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)
Madison
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the dawn redwood and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue R

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 17th Street

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8 AM-8PM
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 2 signs PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Esther Malka School
    160 feet
  2. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    160 feet
  3. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    290 feet
Show all 9
  1. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    280 feet
  2. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    580 feet
  3. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    680 feet
  4. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  5. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,080 feet
  6. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    500 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 17th 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.