East 18th Street & Church Avenue

East 18th Street and Church Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Q Gardens Community Farm is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
21 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
100 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Church Av/E 18 St · B35
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av B, Q
    100 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q
  2. Parkside Av Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 18 St, 80 feet away, for the B35.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 18 St B35 · Countdown sign
    80 feet
    B35
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 18 St & Church Ave 31 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2193 Bedford Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,500 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 1927 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 67 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 8 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 7pm on East 18th Street (both sides), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on East 18th Street (both sides).

North side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCKS LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-3PM

South side of Church Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309635, 330266, 330267, 332033, 336786, 336787, 339029 and 339030.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 22 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Classical Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1921.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Gifted & Talented Early Developers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. Aim High Children's Services Preschool
    820 feet
  3. Practical Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Q Gardens Community Farm Garden
    40 feet
  2. Parade Ground Park
    1,140 feet
  3. Detective Dillon Stewart Playground
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Knickerbocker Field Club Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Complex Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Emeth Vohr Progressive Shaari Zedek Landmark
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    990 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.