East 19th Street & Bay Avenue

East 19th Street and Bay Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ivdu Elementary School is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1961, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Avenue M/E 18 St · B9
Within a walk
20 places
8 religious buildings, 7 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 19th Street & Bay Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave M Q
    1,000 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, 260 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1961.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and December 2020; 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 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on East 19th Street (west side).

North side of Bay 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
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bay 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 ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 19th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307897, 309342, 313553 and 314386.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    310 feet
  2. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    610 feet
  3. Ivdu Elementary School
    620 feet
Show all 11
  1. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    650 feet
  2. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School
    820 feet
  3. Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School
    820 feet
  4. Bereshith Pre-K
    960 feet
  5. Merkaz the Center School
    1,030 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ohr Shraga D'Veretzky School
    1,040 feet
  7. New York Career Training School Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  8. Edward R. Murrow High School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kolbert Playground
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 26 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Avenue or East 19th Street.

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.