East 17th Street & Bay Avenue

East 17th Street and Bay Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kolbert Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
870 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Avenue M/E 18 St · B9
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 870 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    870 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 18 St, 670 feet away, for the B9.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 18 St B9
    670 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 71 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, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 November 2021.

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
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 104 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bay Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bay Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Edward R. Murrow High School
    210 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    420 feet
  3. Ivdu Elementary School
    520 feet
Show all 10
  1. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    580 feet
  2. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    630 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    940 feet
  4. Bereshith Pre-K
    940 feet
  5. Yeshiva Birchas Shmuel School
    1,190 feet
  6. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet
  7. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    900 feet
  2. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 28 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.