East 23rd Street & Quentin Road

East 23rd Street and Quentin Road meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. James Madison High School is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
Quentin Rd/Bedford Av · B100
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Quentin Road 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 Quentin Rd/Bedford Av, 590 feet away, for the B100.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Quentin Rd/Bedford Av B100
    590 feet
    B100

Next buses at this stop

  1. B100 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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
19 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Quentin Road

  • 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 and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. James Madison High School
    950 feet
  2. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  3. Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
Show all 6
  1. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  2. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School
    1,140 feet
  3. Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    760 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Quentin Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.