15th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave is 120 feet away, and Dome Playground is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 43 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
43 places
17 religious buildings, 16 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

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 16 Av/42 St, 810 feet away, for the B11.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 16 Av/42 St B11
    810 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    1,290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3713 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 public places.

  • 17 religious buildings
  • 16 schools
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    120 feet
  3. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    370 feet
Show all 25
  1. Gan Yisroel School
    670 feet
  2. Kochavim School
    670 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    700 feet
  4. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    740 feet
  5. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    740 feet
  6. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls School
    790 feet
  7. Beth Jacob High School
    800 feet
  8. P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney School
    800 feet
  9. Bnos Peninim School
    870 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    910 feet
  11. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  12. Viznitzer Chaider Tiferes Yisroel School
    950 feet
  13. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    990 feet
  14. Bais Simcha Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  15. Mosdos Chasidei Sq-T y y Boro Park School
    1,050 feet
  16. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  17. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,170 feet
  18. Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  19. Bais Tziporah School
    1,250 feet
  20. Yeshiva Headstart 40th Street Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  21. Bnos Yakov of Boro Park School
    1,290 feet
  22. Mosdos Chasidei Square School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dome Playground
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. KRM Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 11 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 42nd 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.