15th Avenue & 44th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 44th 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. Beth Jacob High School is 280 feet away, and Young Israel Beth El Borough Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 50 public places, 25 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
14 Av/44 St · B16
Within a walk
50 places
25 religious buildings, 17 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 44th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.5 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 14 Av/44 St, 870 feet away, for the B16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/44 St B16
    870 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3713 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

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

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
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 1920 and 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 44th Street

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

South side of 44th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 public places.

  • 25 religious buildings
  • 17 schools
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls School
    270 feet
  2. Beth Jacob High School
    280 feet
  3. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
Show all 25
  1. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    520 feet
  2. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Tomer D'Vora School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    850 feet
  4. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  5. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    890 feet
  6. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    910 feet
  7. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    910 feet
  8. Viznitzer Chaider Tiferes Yisroel School
    950 feet
  9. Bais Yitzchak School
    960 feet
  10. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  11. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    990 feet
  12. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    990 feet
  13. P.S. 164 Caesar Rodney School
    1,070 feet
  14. Shira Head Start Bais Yaakov I,ii,iii,iv,v,vl,vll Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  15. Congregation Bnos Chaya School
    1,090 feet
  16. Congregation Bnos Chaya-Brooklyn School
    1,160 feet
  17. Mosdos Chasidei Sq-T y y Boro Park School
    1,160 feet
  18. Gan Yisroel School
    1,190 feet
  19. Kochavim School
    1,190 feet
  20. Talmud Torah Tiferes Yechiel D'Aleks School
    1,220 feet
  21. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,280 feet
  22. Mosdos Chasidei Square School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  2. First Congregation Anshe Sfard House of worship
    1,130 feet
  3. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 12 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 44th 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, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.