Kings Highway & East 27th Street
Kings Highway and East 27th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 993 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Pfc Norton Playground is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/E 27 St, is 100 feet away for the B7 and B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 27 St, 100 feet away, for the B7 and B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/E 27 St B7, B82100 feetB7 B82
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.
Cycling
- 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station1,320 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 14 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 993 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 770th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 354 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 45 and 46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,500 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 1950.
Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 38 signs on these blocks
- 12 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue O
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue O
- Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
- Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
- Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY
East side of East 27th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 27th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Kings Highway
- Doctor plates only 2 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Kings Highway
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 hospital
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah School850 feet
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,000 feet
- Bright Smiles Childcare Pre-K1,140 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pfc Norton Playground1,000 feet
Health care
- Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital340 feet
Houses of worship
- Kingsway Jewish Center Listed historic place710 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 26th Street & Avenue O 260 feet
- Kings Highway & East 26th Street 310 feet
- Kings Highway & East 28th Street 310 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue O 530 feet
- Kings Highway & East 29th Street 630 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Kings Highway 640 feet
- East 24th Street & Avenue O 800 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue P 940 feet
See every intersection along East 27th Street or Kings Highway.