15th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 55th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
14 Av/56 St · B16
Within a walk
35 places
21 religious buildings, 7 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.4 miles
    D N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/56 St, 960 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/56 St B16
    960 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and May 2025, 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

North side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of 55th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddie City Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    290 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    520 feet
  3. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
Show all 13
  1. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    700 feet
  2. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka School
    880 feet
  4. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  5. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  6. Bais Rochel School of Boro Park School
    1,030 feet
  7. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    1,040 feet
  8. P.S. K231 School
    1,220 feet
  9. The Seeall Academy School
    1,220 feet
  10. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Health care

  1. The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    370 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    1,010 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    1,210 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet 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 55th Street.

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