15th Avenue & 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 38th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dome Playground is 140 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 30 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
14 Av/39 St · B16, B35
Within a walk
30 places
11 religious buildings, 11 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.4 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 14 Av/39 St, 960 feet away, for the B16 and B35.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/39 St B16, B35 · Shelter
    960 feet
    B16 B35
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3713 14th Avenue Gas station
    970 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 38th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 38th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 11 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    390 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    470 feet
  3. Kochavim School
    470 feet
Show all 17
  1. Bais Tziporah School
    540 feet
  2. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    780 feet
  3. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    790 feet
  4. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  5. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    1,040 feet
  6. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  8. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    1,170 feet
  9. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  10. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  11. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    1,290 feet
  12. Bais Shifra Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet
  13. Bais Meir School
    1,300 feet
  14. Talmud Torah Ohel Yochanan School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Avenue C Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 38th 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.