Nostrand Avenue & Kings Highway
Nostrand Avenue and Kings Highway meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 53 bus-lane, 431 red-light and 208 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Derech Hatorah is 360 feet away, and Aimee Triangle is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kings Hwy/Nostrand Av, is 20 feet away for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/Nostrand Av, 20 feet away, for the B7, B82 and B82 SBS.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Kings Hwy/Nostrand Av B7, B82, B82 SBS20 feetB7 B82 B82 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- B7 …
- B82 …
- B82 SBS …
Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 2791 Nostrand Avenue Gas station330 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers880 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 28 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 13 of those hurt, on foot
- 4 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, July 2020
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 431 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 146th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2025, 208 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,617th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 105 more were issued.
In 2025, 53 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 170th most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 3, 22 more were issued.
Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets · Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 18
- City Council district
- 45 and 46 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61 and 63 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.
Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 42 signs on these blocks
- 12 different rules
- 4 active meters
- 3 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Kings Highway
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Kings Highway
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of Nostrand Avenue
- Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Nostrand Avenue
- Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302866, 319222 and 323658.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 4 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 hospital
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K120 feet
- Yeshiva Derech Hatorah School360 feet
- Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael School1,280 feet
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- Yeshiva Lev Torah - Site 2 School1,300 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah High School1,300 feet
- The Joan Snow Pre-K Center at 1340 East 29th Street Pre-K center1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pfc Norton Playground430 feet
- Aimee Triangle1,060 feet
Health care
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn Hospital1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Kingsway Jewish Center Listed historic place370 feet
- Congregation Adath Yeshurun of Flatbush House of worship1,140 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Kings Highway & East 29th Street 350 feet
- Kings Highway & East 32nd Street 370 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue N 430 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Marine Parkway 460 feet
- Avenue N & East 31st Street 560 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue N 620 feet
- Kings Highway & East 28th Street 670 feet
- Avenue N & East 33rd Street 710 feet
See every intersection along Kings Highway or Nostrand Avenue.