East 21st Street & Avenue M

East 21st Street and Avenue M meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Merkaz the Center is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue M · B9, B49, T464
Within a walk
17 places
11 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Avenue M Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave M 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 “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue M, 370 feet away, for the B9, B49 and T464.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue M B9, B49, T464
    370 feet
    B9 B49 T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …
  2. B49 …
  3. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44 and 45 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
25 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, 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 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue M

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 316880.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Shaare Torah High School-Girls School
    490 feet
  2. Merkaz the Center School
    580 feet
  3. Beacon Healthcare School Trade or language school
    840 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ivdu Elementary School
    1,150 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaarei Rachamim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Midwood House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1694 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 17 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 21st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.