18th Avenue & 53rd Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 53rd Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jewish Center for Spec Educ is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 29 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and five 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
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
18 Av/53 St · B8
Within a walk
29 places
18 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.5 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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, 120 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

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
50 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

West side of 18th Avenue

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

North side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SUNDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 7AM-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 306792.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    60 feet
  2. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    220 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    220 feet
Show all 9
  1. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    220 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    270 feet
  3. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    340 feet
  4. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    500 feet
  5. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    570 feet
  6. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    760 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 53rd 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.