Kings Highway & East 22nd Street

Kings Highway and East 22nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Corporal Wiltshire Square is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Kings Hwy/E 22 St · B7, B82
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.4 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, 60 feet away, for the B7 and B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 2.1 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
    0.6 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 five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1930 and 1956.

Since 2014 at least 30 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 22nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 22nd Street

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

North side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 197 - the Kings Highway Academy School
    580 feet
  2. Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    260 feet
  2. Kings Highway Library
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,300 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 22nd 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.