17th Avenue & 68th Street

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and 68th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 12 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
18 Av/68 St · B8
Within a walk
1 place
1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    1,210 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 71 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

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/68 St, 950 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/68 St B8
    950 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 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
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 68th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 68th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 317879.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls School
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    980 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,030 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 68th Street.

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