East 21st Street & Bay Avenue
East 21st Street and Bay Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Congregation Derech Emunah Viener is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 1,700 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 nine 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, 440 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue N B49, BM3 · Shelter440 feetB49 BM3
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 12 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 station1,090 feet
- 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11210
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 48
- Police precinct
- 70
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Midwood
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are 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 1927 and 1951.
Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Bay Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Bay Avenue
- 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 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- Joseph S Gruss Yeshiva HS School800 feet
- Yeshiva Toras Emes Kamenitz School800 feet
- Promise World Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,170 feet
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- Imaginarium Child Pre-K1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Derech Emunah Viener House of worship770 feet
Supermarkets
- Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket0.4 miles
- Domino Supermarket Supermarket0.5 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 21st Street & Avenue N 150 feet
- Avenue N & East 22nd Street 410 feet
- East 22nd Street & Bay Avenue 420 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue N 440 feet
- East 22nd Street & Olean Street 460 feet
- Avenue N & East 23rd Street 670 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Bay Avenue 700 feet
- Avenue N & East 19th Street 770 feet
See every intersection along Bay Avenue or East 21st Street.