18th Avenue & 55th Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 55th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Park is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 17 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
18 Av/55 St · B8
Within a walk
31 places
17 religious buildings, 6 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 55th 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 nine minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

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/55 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/55 St B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and July 2025, 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 18th Avenue

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

North side of 55th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM

South side of 55th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    410 feet
  2. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    470 feet
  3. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 12
  1. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    630 feet
  2. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    630 feet
  3. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    630 feet
  4. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    710 feet
  5. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    790 feet
  6. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    880 feet
  7. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    1,020 feet
  8. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,040 feet
  9. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    240 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    430 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 55th 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.