East 21st Street & Avenue S
East 21st Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ocean Av/Avenue S, is 320 feet away for the B49 and BM3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue S, 320 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue S B49, BM3320 feetB49 BM3
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 11 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station0.6 miles
- 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 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.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 48
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1941.
Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue S
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 51,170 feet
- Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School1,260 feet
Supermarkets
- Star Market Supermarket0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 22nd Street & Avenue S 260 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue S 290 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue S 520 feet
- East 19th Street & Avenue S 630 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue S 780 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue R 860 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue T 880 feet
- East 18th Street & Avenue S 890 feet
See every intersection along Avenue S or East 21st Street.