Nostrand Avenue & Avenue K

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue K meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Andries Hudde is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue K, is 50 feet away for the B44, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue K · B44
Within a walk
20 places
13 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue K Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue K, 50 feet away, for the B44.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue K B44
    50 feet
    B44

Next buses at this stop

  1. B44 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1760 Flatbush Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11210
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
63 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue K

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue K

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304286, 305430, 309115 and 310950.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Andries Hudde School
    340 feet
  2. I. S. 381 School
    340 feet
  3. Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yad Yisroel School
    830 feet
  2. School of Electrical Education Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andries Playground
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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:

See every intersection along Avenue K or Nostrand 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.