15th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 50th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Zion of Bobov is 910 feet away, and Bais Esther School 4 is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 49 public places, 31 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
50 St/15 Av · B11
Within a walk
49 places
31 religious buildings, 12 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 50th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 50 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Internal Connectivity” (2012) by Dan Zeller at the 50 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/15 Av, 120 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/15 Av B11
    120 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3713 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    460 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 15th Avenue

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

North side of 50th Street

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

South side of 50th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 public places.

  • 31 religious buildings
  • 12 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Toiv Lee Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    700 feet
  2. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
  3. Bnos Zion of Bobov School
    910 feet
Show all 17
  1. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    750 feet
  2. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Zion Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  4. Shira Head Start Bnos Zion I,ii,iii,iv,v,v1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  5. Shemtov Kinder Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  6. Bais Esther School 4 School
    1,070 feet
  7. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,150 feet
  8. Bais Esther School
    1,160 feet
  9. Cheder Kinderlach Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  10. Yesode Hatorah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,170 feet
  11. Tashbar Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  12. Tiny Hearts NY Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,180 feet
  13. Cong Machna Shalva IV School
    1,180 feet
  14. Kiddio Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    360 feet
  2. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    450 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4912 14th Avenue Older adult center
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 50th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.