17th Avenue & Dahill Road

The three-way junction of 17th Avenue and Dahill Road 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. Bais Shifra is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ditmas Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ditmas Av
900 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
McDonald Av/Ditmas Av · B90
Within a walk
29 places
14 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ditmas Av, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ditmas Av F
    900 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 McDonald Av/Ditmas Av, 950 feet away, for the B90.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Ditmas Av B90
    950 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    910 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1922 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • 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 29 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Shifra School
    100 feet
  2. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    100 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Lelov School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    830 feet
Show all 14
  1. Smiley Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
  2. Bnos Peninim School
    980 feet
  3. Yeshiva Shalshelet Bais Yaakov School
    1,020 feet
  4. Yeshiva and Beth Hamedrash Shaarei School
    1,040 feet
  5. Talmud Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
  6. Skolye Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,130 feet
  7. Sweet Home Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  8. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  9. J.H.S. 223 the Montauk School
    1,270 feet
  10. Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment School
    1,270 feet
  11. Jewish Continuity Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. DiGilio Playground
    580 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    1,080 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 seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or Dahill Road.

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