14th Avenue & 53rd Street

The four-way crossing of 14th Avenue and 53rd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 484 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Yeshiva Ketana Satmar BP is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 47 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
14 Av/53 St · B16
Within a walk
47 places
21 religious buildings, 15 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
14th Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    1,180 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.4 miles
    D N
  2. 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/53 St, 110 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/53 St B16
    110 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 14th Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,230 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 484 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,207th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 233 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 14th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 14th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 53rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 53rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306108 and 308856.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 15 day care or pre-K sites
  • 10 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    40 feet
  2. Nurtury 58 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    180 feet
  3. Bais Rochel School of Boro Park School
    270 feet
Show all 25
  1. Yeshiva Ketana Satmar BP School
    360 feet
  2. Torah Vyirah of Boro Park School
    400 feet
  3. Shira Head Start Bnos Zion I,ii,iii,iv,v,v1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  4. Zion Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  5. Bnos Zion of Bobov School
    780 feet
  6. Shemtov Kinder Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  7. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    990 feet
  8. Talmud Torah Tiferes Bunim D'Munckacs School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  9. Yeshiva Chaim V ' Shulem Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  10. Kiddie City Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  11. Bais Esther School 4 School
    1,070 feet
  12. Evalcare Preschool
    1,080 feet
  13. Yeshiva Tiferes Bunim School
    1,080 feet
  14. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  15. Bais Esther School
    1,160 feet
  16. Cheder Kinderlach Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  17. Yesode Hatorah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  18. Tashbar Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  19. Cong Machna Shalva IV School
    1,180 feet
  20. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  21. Kiddio Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet
  22. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shomrei Emunah Congregation House of worship
    220 feet
  2. Shomrei Shabes Congregation House of worship
    860 feet
  3. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4912 14th Avenue Older adult center
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,240 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 14th Avenue or 53rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.