17th Avenue & 57th Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 57th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech is 430 feet away, and Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
60 St/17 Av · B9
Within a walk
26 places
15 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.3 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 60 St/17 Av, 810 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/17 Av B9
    810 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2017
  • Enhanced crossing, August 2017

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
46 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
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 57th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 8 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 26 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    430 feet
  2. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    750 feet
  3. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    790 feet
Show all 8
  1. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    1,000 feet
  2. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    1,040 feet
  3. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    1,240 feet
  4. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  5. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    810 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    790 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 57th Street.

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