18th Avenue & 57th Street

The three-way junction of 18th Avenue and 57th Street is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 26 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
18 Av/57 St · B8
Within a walk
26 places
10 religious buildings, 7 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 57th 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 seven minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.3 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, 180 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/57 St B8
    180 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, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    970 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
44 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 125 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 9am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 9am to 7pm Friday on 18th Avenue (east side).

West side of 18th Avenue

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

North side of 57th Street

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

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    360 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  3. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
Show all 14
  1. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    930 feet
  3. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    990 feet
  4. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,040 feet
  5. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  6. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  7. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    1,150 feet
  8. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    1,150 feet
  9. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    1,210 feet
  10. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    1,220 feet
  11. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    40 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,180 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 57th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.