15th Avenue & 37th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 37th 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. Gan Yisroel is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,160 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue C · B67, B69
Within a walk
25 places
10 religious buildings, 10 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,160 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,160 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, 830 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    40 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
    750 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-8PM

North side of 37th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 37th Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • 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 25 public places.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    520 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    660 feet
  3. Gan Yisroel School
    730 feet
Show all 13
  1. Kochavim School
    730 feet
  2. Bais Tziporah School
    810 feet
  3. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,050 feet
  4. Bnos Jerusalem D'Chasidei Belz School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  5. Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  6. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion School
    1,250 feet
  8. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    1,300 feet
  9. Bais Meir School
    1,300 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    870 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 37th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.