18th Avenue & 62nd Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 62nd Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel is 950 feet away, and Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
420 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
18 Av/62 St · B8
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 420 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    420 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.4 miles
    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/62 St, 110 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/62 St B8
    110 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
45 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 62nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306522, 312968, 315733 and 316255.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    430 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,050 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    1,100 feet
  3. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    1,140 feet
  4. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,260 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    580 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    720 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    260 feet
  2. Target Store
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 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 62nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.