East 2nd Street & Avenue O

East 2nd Street and Avenue O meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Colonel David Marcus Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Avenue N/E 3 St · B9
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave P F
    1,200 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave N F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue N/E 3 St, 1,170 feet away, for the B9.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue N/E 3 St B9
    1,170 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1,150 feet
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 4 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 November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue O

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of East 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304723 and 321309.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colonel David Marcus Playground
    1,130 feet
  2. Dahill Triangle
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    620 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.