Nostrand Avenue & Avenue L

Nostrand Avenue and Avenue L meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 627 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 218 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Andries Playground is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue L/Nostrand Av, is 70 feet away for the B9. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and six places to eat.

Safety record
22 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
2.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Avenue L/Nostrand Av · B9
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Nostrand Avenue & Avenue L Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue L/Nostrand Av, 70 feet away, for the B9.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue L/Nostrand Av B9
    70 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Flatbush Avenue & Belt Parkway, 2.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 22 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 218 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

In 2025, 627 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,045th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 168 more were issued.

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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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 50 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue L

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM

South side of Avenue L

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 8 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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Nostrand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302493, 309533 and 310950.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Step-Special Torah Educ Prog School
    160 feet
  2. Yad Yisroel School
    170 feet
  3. Yeshiva Torah Vodaath School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
Show all 6
  1. Andries Hudde School
    820 feet
  2. I. S. 381 School
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 193 Gil Hodges School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Andries Playground
    130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue K House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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 L or Nostrand Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.