18th Avenue & 63rd Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 63rd Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 209 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 048 Mapleton is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
160 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
18 Av/64 St · B8
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 63rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    160 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
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 miles
    D 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/64 St, 160 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/64 St B8 · Shelter
    160 feet
    B8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 209 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,615th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 168 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
46 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 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 63rd 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 THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 63rd 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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305417, 306522, 307071, 312245, 312912 and 317333.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    630 feet
  2. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    690 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    450 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    350 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    520 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 18 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 63rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.