East 18th Street & Avenue H

East 18th Street and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn SDA Elementary School is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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East 18th Street & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave H, 600 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave H Q
    600 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue H, 700 feet away, for the B49 and T464.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue H B49, T464 · Shelter
    700 feet
    B49 T464
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue H.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1924 and 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue H

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Avenue H

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 18th Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Fiske Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 188 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1913.

  1. Avenue H Station House Designated landmark
    600 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn SDA Elementary School
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hot Spot Tot Lot Playground
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Brooklyn Seven Day Adv Church House of worship
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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