17th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 55th 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. Congregation Minyan Mir is 1,020 feet away, and Sons Judah Congregation is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,140 feet
18 Av/57 St · B8
Within a walk
33 places
21 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fluxus / Rythmus” (2018) by Emilio Perez at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/57 St, 1,140 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/57 St B8
    1,140 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and April 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 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 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    520 feet
  2. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
Show all 10
  1. P.S. K231 School
    1,030 feet
  2. The Seeall Academy School
    1,030 feet
  3. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    1,050 feet
  4. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  5. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    1,120 feet
  6. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    1,120 feet
  7. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,090 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 55th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.