East 18th Street & Avenue R

East 18th Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Prospect Park Yeshiva is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them schools, and one place to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

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

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Avenue R 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, 50 feet away, for the B2 and B31.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B2 …
  2. B31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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. 1981 Ocean 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022

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

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1928 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue R

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue R

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 18th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Esther Malka School
    430 feet
  2. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    430 feet
  3. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
Show all 9
  1. Prospect Park Bnos Leah High Sch School
    550 feet
  2. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    710 feet
  4. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    940 feet
  5. Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
  6. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market 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 is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue R or East 18th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.