Kings Highway & East 15th Street

Kings Highway and East 15th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 207 bus-lane and 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 24 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
160 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Kings Hwy/E 16 St · B7, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
24 places
9 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 15th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    160 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 16 St, 130 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 16 St B7, B82, B82 SBS
    130 feet
    B7 B82 B82 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, every day.

Cycling

  • 45 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    760 feet
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 22 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,883rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 10 more were issued.

In 2025, 207 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 155th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 847 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1924 and 1959.

Since 2014 at least 29 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and May 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Kings Highway (east side).

East side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-7PM

West side of East 15th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306739, 317876, 318470 and 322084.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 public places.

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    160 feet
  2. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    380 feet
  3. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
Show all 15
  1. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. Ip Training Trade or language school
    420 feet
  3. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  4. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  5. Yeshiva of Belle Harbor School
    710 feet
  6. Bet Yaakov Mekor Haim School
    750 feet
  7. Viva Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  8. Dialexton School of Allied Health PR Trade or language school
    830 feet
  9. Magic Touch Beauty Inst Trade or language school
    830 feet
  10. Touch Beauty School (The) Trade or language school
    830 feet
  11. Sam Consulting Services Trade or language school
    950 feet
  12. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Square
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    510 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    20 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    50 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    650 feet
  3. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    370 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 33 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 East 15th Street or Kings Highway.

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