East 21st Street & Avenue N
East 21st Street and Avenue N meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about eight minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- Ave M Q0.4 milesQ
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- Q …
Southbound
1 line- 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 N, 300 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue N B49, BM3 · Shelter300 feetB49 BM3
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 15 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, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station1,230 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 70
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Midwood
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,800 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 1951.
Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2017 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue N
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Avenue N
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of East 21st Street
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 21st Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 8 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School650 feet
- Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School650 feet
- Promise World Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,020 feet
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- Imaginarium Child Pre-K1,080 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Derech Emunah Viener House of worship780 feet
Supermarkets
- Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two 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:
- East 21st Street & Bay Avenue 150 feet
- Avenue N & East 22nd Street 260 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue N 290 feet
- East 22nd Street & Olean Street 310 feet
- Avenue N & East 23rd Street 520 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Bay Avenue 550 feet
- East 22nd Street & Bay Avenue 570 feet
- Avenue N & East 19th Street 630 feet
See every intersection along Avenue N or East 21st Street.