15th Avenue & 51st Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 51st Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park is 710 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 42 public places, 29 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
50 St/15 Av · B11
Within a walk
42 places
29 religious buildings, 8 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 55 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/15 Av, 360 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 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
    200 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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 2,200 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 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2025, 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 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 51st Street

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-7PM FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 51st 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 42 public places.

  • 29 religious buildings
  • 8 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Toiv Lee Children's Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. 4720 DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  3. Bnos Zion of Bobov School
    1,040 feet
Show all 12
  1. Shira Head Start Bnos Zion I,ii,iii,iv,v,v1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. Zion Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Little Munchkins 1520 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,020 feet
  4. Congregation Ziv Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,080 feet
  5. Nurtury 58 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,120 feet
  6. Shemtov Kinder Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,230 feet
  7. Yeshiva Yesode Hatorah School
    1,250 feet
  8. Bais Rochel School of Boro Park School
    1,290 feet
  9. Yeshiva Ketana Satmar BP School
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Khal Chasidim Congregation House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Young Israel Beth El Borough Park Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Shomrei Emunah Congregation House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 4912 14th Avenue Older adult center
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 51st 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.