East 2nd Street & Avenue F

East 2nd Street and Avenue F meet at a four-way crossing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Shifra is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
18 Av/E 2 St · B8
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,170 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    1,180 feet
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/E 2 St, 860 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/E 2 St B8
    860 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue F

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue F

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320552.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    80 feet
  2. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Bais Shifra School
    960 feet
Show all 9
  1. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    960 feet
  3. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    970 feet
  4. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  5. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  6. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    980 feet
  2. Ocean Parkway Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    780 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 24 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue F 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.