East 23rd Street & Avenue R
East 23rd Street and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue R/E 23 St, is 50 feet away for the B2 and B31, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue R/E 23 St, 50 feet away, for the B2 and B31.
- 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue R/E 23 St B2, B3150 feetB2 B31
Next buses at this stop
- B2 …
- B31 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1981 Ocean Avenue 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 mile
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.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
- Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2022
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 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1937.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 5210 feet
- Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School240 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 24th Street & Avenue R 260 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue R 260 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue R 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue R 530 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue R 800 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue R 810 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue S 860 feet
- East 23rd Street & Quentin Road 910 feet
See every intersection along Avenue R or East 23rd Street.