McDonald Avenue & Elmwood Avenue

McDonald Avenue and Elmwood Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 39 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 250 firehouse is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
39 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
McDonald Av/Av I · B90
Within a walk
18 places
9 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Elmwood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    330 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
    620 feet
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy 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/Av I, 370 feet away, for the B90.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    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 39 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
40 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

Six trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on McDonald Avenue (west side).

North side of Elmwood Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of Elmwood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309298 and 312727.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Cheder (The) School
    270 feet
  3. Mesivta Sholom Schachna School
    940 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    1,080 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    1,080 feet
  3. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  4. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  5. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elmwood Avenue 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.