15th Avenue & 57th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 57th 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. Talmud Torah Lelov is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 62 St/New Utrecht Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the D and N. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 15 of them religious buildings. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
62 St/New Utrecht Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D, N
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
60 St/15 Av · B9
Within a walk
27 places
15 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 62 St/New Utrecht Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.3 miles
    D N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 55 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Nature Rail” (2012) by Andrea Dezsö and “Nature Wall” (2019) by Andrea Dezsö at the 62 St/New Utrecht Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/15 Av, 880 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/15 Av B9
    880 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.6 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
50 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and May 2022, 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 57th Street

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

South side of 57th 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 27 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka School
    360 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    360 feet
Show all 11
  1. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    500 feet
  2. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    590 feet
  3. Kiddie City Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  4. Kiddio Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  5. P.S. K231 School
    1,050 feet
  6. The Seeall Academy School
    1,050 feet
  7. Tomer Dvora School - Site 1 School
    1,150 feet
  8. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    1,220 feet

Health care

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

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 57th Street.

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