Kings Highway & East 21st Street

Kings Highway and East 21st Street meet at a six-way junction in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kingsway Post Office is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Kings Hwy/E 22 St · B7, B82
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.3 miles
    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 22 St, 330 feet away, for the B7 and B82.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 22 St B7, B82
    330 feet
    B7 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 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, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue P

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 21st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    740 feet
  2. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 197 - the Kings Highway Academy School
    850 feet
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  1. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    860 feet
  2. Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet
  4. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  5. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    450 feet
  2. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    500 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,030 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P, East 21st Street or Kings Highway.

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