15th Avenue & 39th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 39th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
14 Av/39 St · B16, B35
Within a walk
33 places
17 religious buildings, 10 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 39th 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 six 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, 860 feet away, for the B16 and B35.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …
  2. B35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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
    510 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
    1,230 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018
  • Turn calming, July 2026

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

Homes

About 1,100 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.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 47 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 15th Avenue

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

North side of 39th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of 39th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 10 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    130 feet
  2. Gan Yisroel School
    210 feet
  3. Kochavim School
    210 feet
Show all 15
  1. Bais Tziporah School
    470 feet
  2. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    520 feet
  3. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  4. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    780 feet
  5. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  6. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  7. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    910 feet
  8. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  9. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  10. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    1,020 feet
  11. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    1,050 feet
  12. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 39th 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.