McDonald Avenue & Avenue J

McDonald Avenue and Avenue J meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Prep High School is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them schools, and five places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
290 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue I · B90
Within a walk
6 places
4 schools and 2 day care or pre-K sites, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Avenue J Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    290 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    920 feet
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue I, 850 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue I B90
    850 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309150 and 323158.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Prep High School
    160 feet
  2. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  3. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    900 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    900 feet
  3. Barkai Yeshivah School
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Avenue J or McDonald Avenue.

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