17th Avenue & 42nd Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 42nd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. DiGilio Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 16 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
33 places
16 religious buildings, 9 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 42nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    990 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Inheritance: In Memory of American Glass” (2016) by Cara Lynch at the Ditmas Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 16 Av/42 St, 940 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 16 Av/42 St B11
    940 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,000 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 42nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 9 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Shifra School
    150 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    150 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
Show all 16
  1. Bnos Peninim School
    890 feet
  2. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,020 feet
  4. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,080 feet
  5. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,100 feet
  6. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  7. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,110 feet
  8. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,170 feet
  9. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,170 feet
  10. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  11. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,220 feet
  12. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,300 feet
  13. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    540 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 42nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.