17th Avenue & 45th Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 45th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
18 Av/45 St · B8
Within a walk
23 places
11 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 45th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    1,220 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/45 St, 950 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/45 St B8
    950 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, July 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 384 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,334th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 257 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
50 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • 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 45th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 45th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312214 and 314993.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    520 feet
  2. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Bais Shifra School
    940 feet
Show all 12
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1668 46th Street Pre-K center
    540 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,020 feet
  4. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  5. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  6. Yeshiva Beth Hillel of Krasna School
    1,120 feet
  7. Yeshiva Beth Joseph Zvi Dushinsky School
    1,120 feet
  8. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  9. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 45th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.