Kings Highway & East 28th Street
Kings Highway and East 28th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Derech Hatorah is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/E 27 St, is 410 feet away for the B7 and B82, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight 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, 410 feet away, for the B7 and B82.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/E 27 St B7, B82410 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
- 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station1,000 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 14
- City Council district
- 45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Midwood
- 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 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1932 and 1950.
Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 23 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 28th Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 28th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Kings Highway
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Kings Highway
- Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 hospital
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah School540 feet
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K690 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pfc Norton Playground690 feet
Health care
- Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital660 feet
Houses of worship
- Kingsway Jewish Center Listed historic place400 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Kings Highway & East 29th Street 310 feet
- Kings Highway & East 27th Street 310 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue O 570 feet
- Kings Highway & East 26th Street 630 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Kings Highway 670 feet
- Avenue N & East 28th Street 810 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue O 840 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Kings Highway 950 feet
See every intersection along East 28th Street or Kings Highway.