East 2nd Street & Avenue C

East 2nd Street and Avenue C meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Yerushalayim is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Church Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Church Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 2nd Street & Avenue C Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Church Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Church Av F, G
    1,210 feet
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue C, 500 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue C B67, B69
    500 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ave C & McDonald Ave 16 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
50 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 75 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Avenue C

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Avenue C

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Avenue C

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of East 2nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of East 2nd Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    230 feet
  2. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    440 feet
  2. Kensington Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    950 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue C or East 2nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.