East 18th Street & Newkirk Avenue

East 18th Street and Newkirk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies on the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Our Lady of Refuge Church is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
980 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Foster Av/E 18 St · B8
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    980 feet
    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 “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Foster Av/E 18 St, 620 feet away, for the B8.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Foster Av/E 18 St B8
    620 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 19 St & Cortelyou Rd 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 10AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-10AM 2PM-4PM

West side of East 18th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Newkirk Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Newkirk Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ditmas Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 211 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1905 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of Refuge Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,190 feet
  3. Nativity Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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