East 17th Street & Chestnut Avenue

East 17th Street and Chestnut Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Edward R. Murrow High School is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    700 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, 490 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 80 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 119 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on East 17th Street (east side).

North side of Chestnut Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-7AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Chestnut Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-7AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MODAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-8AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-7AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308606 and 309649.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Edward R. Murrow High School
    380 feet
  2. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    410 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    600 feet
Show all 9
  1. Ivdu Elementary School
    640 feet
  2. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. Bereshith Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  5. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,060 feet
  6. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    750 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 29 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Chestnut 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.