17th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Shifra is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
1,250 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
16 Av/42 St · B11
Within a walk
29 places
13 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 1,250 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    1,250 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, 1,100 feet away, for the B11.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 16 Av/42 St B11
    1,100 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    1,260 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 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 November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 43rd Street

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

South side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 7 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Shifra School
    420 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    420 feet
  3. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 15
  1. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,040 feet
  3. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  4. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1668 46th Street Pre-K center
    1,060 feet
  5. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,090 feet
  6. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,090 feet
  7. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    1,120 feet
  8. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    1,120 feet
  9. Bnos Peninim School
    1,150 feet
  10. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,150 feet
  11. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,220 feet
  12. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    730 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 five places to eat and nine 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 43rd 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.