McDonald Avenue & Avenue F

McDonald Avenue and Avenue F meet at a four-way crossing in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. DiGilio Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
McDonald Av/Ditmas Av · B90
Within a walk
19 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Avenue F Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    840 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    970 feet
    F
  2. Ave I F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Ditmas Av, 810 feet away, for the B90.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Ditmas Av B90
    810 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    930 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 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 9am to 7pm on McDonald Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue F

  • Time-limited parking 2 signs 2 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue F

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306887, 307500 and 313589.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    410 feet
  2. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Bais Shifra School
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    630 feet
  3. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  4. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    910 feet
  5. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,220 feet
  6. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet
  7. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    60 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kensington Library
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Avenue F or McDonald Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.