East 18th Street & Elm Avenue

East 18th Street and Elm Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ivdu Elementary School is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
720 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Avenue M/E 18 St · B9
Within a walk
19 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    720 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 18 St, 230 feet away, for the B9.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 18 St B9
    230 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 70 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, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Three of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 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 1931 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 48 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 79 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on East 18th Street (east side).

North side of Bay Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bay Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 18th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Elm Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Elm Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309104, 310200, 316890 and 326199.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Ivdu Elementary School
    100 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    130 feet
  3. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    190 feet
Show all 10
  1. Bereshith Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    520 feet
  3. Edward R. Murrow High School
    650 feet
  4. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    790 feet
  5. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    830 feet
  6. Red Hat Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  7. Merkaz the Center School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Bais Avrohom Dkrula Spinka House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    790 feet
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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 of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Avenue, East 18th Street or Elm Avenue.

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