15th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 45th 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. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/44 St, is 1,130 feet away for the B16, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 52 public places, 28 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,130 feet
14 Av/44 St · B16
Within a walk
52 places
28 religious buildings, 14 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/44 St, 1,130 feet away, for the B16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/44 St B16
    1,130 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 15 Ave & 37 St 14 docks in all
    0.4 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
    0.3 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 15th Avenue

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

North side of 45th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 45th 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 52 public places.

  • 28 religious buildings
  • 14 schools
  • 10 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Mosdos Satmar BP School for Girls School
    120 feet
  2. Beth Jacob High School
    140 feet
  3. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    390 feet
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  1. Tomer D'Vora School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    580 feet
  2. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Bais Yitzchak School
    700 feet
  4. Gan Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  5. Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion-15th Ave School
    780 feet
  6. Shira Head Start Bais Yaakov I,ii,iii,iv,v,vl,vll Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  7. Congregation Bnos Chaya School
    830 feet
  8. Congregation Bnos Chaya-Brooklyn School
    900 feet
  9. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  10. Beth Jacob of Boro Park School
    1,060 feet
  11. Yesodei Bina School
    1,060 feet
  12. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  13. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,140 feet
  14. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  15. Cong Machna Shalva II School
    1,150 feet
  16. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    1,160 feet
  17. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    1,160 feet
  18. Viznitzer Chaider Tiferes Yisroel School
    1,210 feet
  19. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  20. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,250 feet
  21. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. First Congregation Anshe Sfard House of worship
    920 feet
  3. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 45th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.