East 17th Street & Moore Place

East 17th Street and Moore Place meet at a three-way junction in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Avenue R/E 18 St · B2, B31
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Moore Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue R/E 18 St B2, B31
    620 feet
    B2 B31

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.3 miles

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 August 2025.

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 17th Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Moore Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Moore Place

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    220 feet
  2. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    310 feet
  3. Bnos Esther Malka School
    530 feet
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  1. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    530 feet
  2. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    650 feet
  3. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    650 feet
  4. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 17th Street or Moore Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.