East 7th Street & Friel Place

East 7th Street and Friel Place meet at a three-way junction 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. Flatbush Jewish Center is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Church Av/E 7 St · B35, B103, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 7th Street & Friel Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    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. Church Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Church Av/E 7 St, 520 feet away, for the B35, B103, BM3 and BM4.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Church Av/E 7 St B35, B103, BM3, BM4 · Countdown sign
    520 feet
    B35 B103 BM3 BM4
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B35 …
  2. B103 …
  3. BM3 …
  4. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 8 St & Caton Ave 30 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 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 June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1928 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 39 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on East 7th Street (west side).

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Friel Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Friel Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 301492.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. M.S. 839 School
    530 feet
  2. Brooklyn College Academy School
    1,250 feet
  3. Yeshivat Shaare Torah Preschool School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
Show all 5
  1. Shaare Torah Elementary School-Girls School
    1,280 feet
  2. P.S. 130 the Parkside School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flatbush Jewish Center House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 12 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 East 7th Street or Friel Place.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.