East 7th Street & Avenue H

East 7th Street and Avenue H meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lubavitcher High School is 930 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave H, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave H
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue H · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 7th Street & Avenue H Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave H, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave H Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Bucolic” (2012) by Ed Kopel at the Ave H station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue H, 1,190 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue H B68
    1,190 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Avenue H.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,310 feet
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1937 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue H

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue H

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

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers

Schools and child care

  1. Nesivos Bais Yaakov School
    510 feet
  2. United Lubavitcher Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Lubavitcher High School
    930 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lubavitcher School Chabad School
    930 feet
  2. Mevakshai Torah School
    930 feet
  3. The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1139 Coney Island Avenue Pre-K center
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 817 Avenue H Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. Older adult center at 870 Ocean Parkway Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue H or East 7th Street.

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