East 23rd Street & Avenue O
East 23rd Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Derech Emunah Viener is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ocean Av/Avenue O, is 900 feet away for the B49, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1936, 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 O, 900 feet away, for the B49.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue O B49900 feetB49
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
Cycling
- 31 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, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station770 feet
- 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2022.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2017
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
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1936.
Trees
NYC Parks records 79 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 April 2018 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue O
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Avenue O
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of East 23rd Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 23rd Street
- No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 hospital
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 197 - the Kings Highway Academy School560 feet
- Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K680 feet
- Promise World Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,060 feet
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- Imaginarium Child Pre-K1,200 feet
Health care
- Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital820 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Derech Emunah Viener House of worship580 feet
Supermarkets
- Domino Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
- Green Forest Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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 23rd Street & Bay Avenue 170 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue O 260 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue O 260 feet
- East 24th Street & Olean Street 500 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue O 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue O 530 feet
- East 23rd Street & Olean Street 580 feet
- East 22nd Street & Bay Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Avenue O or East 23rd Street.