18th Avenue & 59th Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 59th Street is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Mapleton Library is 1,060 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,220 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
18 Av/60 St · B8
Within a walk
19 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,220 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    1,220 feet
    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/60 St, 260 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/60 St B8 · Shelter
    260 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • 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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 18th Avenue

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

North side of 59th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 59th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305292 and 314378.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    300 feet
  3. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    510 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    550 feet
  3. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  4. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    460 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    490 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    660 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 59th 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.