18th Avenue & 52nd Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 52nd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
18 Av/53 St · B8
Within a walk
33 places
19 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 52nd 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 eight minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.4 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
    0.5 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/53 St, 170 feet away, for the B8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/53 St B8
    170 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.2 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
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2023

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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 18th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 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 33 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    240 feet
  2. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    310 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    430 feet
Show all 12
  1. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    430 feet
  2. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    430 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  4. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    600 feet
  5. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    830 feet
  6. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  7. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,170 feet
  8. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    1,250 feet
  9. P.S. 192 - the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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 52nd 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.