15th Avenue & 70th Street

The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and 70th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is also named Don B Lee Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 112 Lefferts Park is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, 71 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
71 St
640 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay Ridge Pkwy/15 Av · B4
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
15th Avenue & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 71 St, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 St D
    640 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    D N
  2. 79 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Flora of Bensonhurst” (2012) by Joan Linder at the 71 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/15 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/15 Av B4
    0.3 miles
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Don B Lee Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Don B Lee Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of 70th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311686 and 316927.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 112 Lefferts Park School
    440 feet
  2. World of Wonders Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  3. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park
    510 feet
  2. Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park Playground
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6915 15th Avenue Older adult center
    120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. SuperFresh Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 70th Street.

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