East 23rd Street & Avenue S
East 23rd Street and Avenue S 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 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ocean Av/Avenue S, is 840 feet away for the B49 and BM3, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue S, 840 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Avenue S B49, BM3840 feetB49 BM3
Next buses at this stop
- B49 …
- BM3 …
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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station0.7 miles
- 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.1 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.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1939.
Trees
NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 51,060 feet
- Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School1,090 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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 S 260 feet
- East 22nd Street & Avenue S 260 feet
- East 21st Street & Avenue S 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue S 530 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue S 800 feet
- Ocean Avenue & Avenue S 810 feet
- East 23rd Street & Avenue R 860 feet
- Avenue T & East 23rd Street 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue S or East 23rd Street.