East 18th Street & Avenue S

East 18th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kelly Park Playground is 560 feet away, and William E Kelly Monument is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue S · B49, BM3
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Avenue S Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Seeds” (2011) by Jason Middlebrook at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue S, 640 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue S B49, BM3
    640 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 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
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue S

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

East side of East 18th Street

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

West side of East 18th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham School
    470 feet
  2. P.S. 255 Barbara Reing School
    660 feet
  3. Nefesh Academy School
    1,170 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Edmund Elementary School
    1,290 feet
  2. Bnos Esther Malka School
    1,290 feet
  3. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kelly Park Playground
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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.