East 23rd Street & Avenue D

East 23rd Street and Avenue D meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Generation Elementary School is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, is about eight minutes on foot, for the 2 and 5. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Av-Little Haiti
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · 2, 5
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av · B41
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Avenue D Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Av-Little Haiti, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Av-Little Haiti 2, 5
    0.4 miles
    2 5

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …
Flatbush
2 lines
  1. 2 …
  2. 5 …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av, 170 feet away, for the B41.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flatbush Av/Ditmas Av B41
    170 feet
    B41

Next buses at this stop

  1. B41 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bedford Ave & Beverley Rd 24 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1261 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,800 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 1935.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 October 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue D

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

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built between 1909 and 1912.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Generation Learning Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. New Generation Elementary School
    620 feet
  3. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Reggio Emilia Montessori Center Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Ditmas Park Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    720 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Fernande Valme Ministries House of worship
    1,260 feet
  3. Jehovahs Witnesses Cortelyou Rd House of worship
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pentecostal Church of God Bibleway House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. The Meat Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue D or East 23rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.