McDonald Avenue & Parkville Avenue

McDonald Avenue and Parkville Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Beth Jacob School for Girls is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
130 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Parkville Av/47 St · B11
Within a walk
23 places
10 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Parkville Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    130 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    830 feet
    F
  2. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parkville Av/47 St, 180 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkville Av/47 St B11
    180 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of McDonald Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Parkville Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-6PM

South side of Parkville Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 313350.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    720 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    770 feet
Show all 11
  1. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    990 feet
  2. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,040 feet
  3. P.S. 192 - the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry School
    1,130 feet
  4. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,160 feet
  5. Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School
    1,160 feet
  6. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  7. Yeshiva Tiferes Mordechai Kalish Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  8. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    640 feet
  2. 70th Precinct Police station
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 18 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along McDonald Avenue or Parkville Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.