15th Avenue & 36th Street

The three-way junction of 15th Avenue and 36th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dome Playground is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
21 places
9 religious buildings, 8 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,320 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Church Av F, G
    0.3 miles
    F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue C, 570 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue C B67, B69
    570 feet
    B67 B69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-8PM

North side of 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 36th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 8 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    270 feet
  2. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 10
  1. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    910 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    990 feet
  3. Kochavim School
    990 feet
  4. Bais Tziporah School
    1,070 feet
  5. P.S. 179 Kensington School
    1,110 feet
  6. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,300 feet
  7. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    420 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    610 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 36th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.