East 23rd Street & Avenue P

East 23rd Street and Avenue P meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Kingsway Post Office is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Kings Hwy/E 22 St · B7, B82
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 22 St, 180 feet away, for the B7 and B82.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 22 St B7, B82 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B7 B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1930 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 197 - the Kings Highway Academy School
    650 feet
  3. James Madison High School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    690 feet

Health care

  1. Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Kings Highway Library
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.