18th Avenue & 50th Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 50th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
18 Av/50 St · B8
Within a walk
35 places
23 religious buildings, 6 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 50th 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 six minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    0.4 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/50 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/50 St B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 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
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

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
47 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 1923 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:30AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:30AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

North side of 50th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 50th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304559 and 311446.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 23 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    380 feet
  2. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    730 feet
  3. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
Show all 12
  1. P.S. 192 - the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry School
    750 feet
  2. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  4. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    950 feet
  5. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    950 feet
  6. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    950 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  8. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    1,120 feet
  9. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 50th 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.