18th Avenue & 56th Street

The three-way junction of 18th Avenue and 56th Street is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Park is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
18 Av/57 St · B8
Within a walk
30 places
15 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 56th 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 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/57 St, 100 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/57 St B8
    100 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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,230 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 143 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 18th Avenue

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

North side of 56th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 56th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    620 feet
  3. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    670 feet
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  1. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    730 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    890 feet
  4. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    890 feet
  5. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    890 feet
  6. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    960 feet
  7. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
  8. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,050 feet
  9. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    1,280 feet
  10. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    60 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 56th 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.