East 18th Street & Avenue T

East 18th Street and Avenue T meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Presbyterian Church is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue T · B49
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 T, 680 feet away, for the B49.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue T B49
    680 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
16 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 1926 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

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

South side of Avenue T

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

East side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307066 and 307291.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Nefesh Academy School
    300 feet
  2. St Edmund Elementary School
    410 feet
  3. St Edmund Prep High School
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Homecrest Presbyterian Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1413 Avenue T Older adult center
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Star Market Supermarket
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 T or East 18th Street.

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