46th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 46th Street and 17th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 398 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Holy Spirit Church is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
49 St/17 Av · B11
Within a walk
22 places
12 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
46th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ditmas Av F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/17 Av, 890 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/17 Av B11
    890 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmas Ave & McDonald Ave 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1 Cortelyou Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 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 September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, July 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 398 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,318th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 255 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 46th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 46th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 315005.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 1668 46th Street Pre-K center
    280 feet
  2. Kinderland Da Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    770 feet
  3. P.S. 192 - the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry School
    1,200 feet
Show all 10
  1. Kinderland Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    770 feet
  2. Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  4. Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  6. Bais Shifra School
    1,200 feet
  7. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Spirit Church House of worship
    110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and nine 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 17th Avenue or 46th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, 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.