15th Avenue & 40th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 40th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gan Yisroel is 150 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 40 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
14 Av/41 St · B16
Within a walk
40 places
18 religious buildings, 14 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 40th 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
    0.5 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/41 St, 950 feet away, for the B16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/41 St B16
    950 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3713 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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 six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of 40th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 40th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 14 schools
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Yisroel School
    150 feet
  2. Kochavim School
    150 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    180 feet
Show all 21
  1. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    260 feet
  2. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  3. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    650 feet
  4. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  5. Bais Tziporah School
    730 feet
  6. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    760 feet
  7. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    760 feet
  8. Cuddle Cove Child Care Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  9. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    880 feet
  10. TLC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    980 feet
  11. Bais Yaakov of Bensonhurst School
    1,040 feet
  12. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,060 feet
  13. Wee! Wee! Daycare1366 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,080 feet
  14. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,150 feet
  15. Bnos Peninim School
    1,250 feet
  16. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,260 feet
  17. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,260 feet
  18. Bnos Yerushalayim School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 14 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 40th 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.