47th Street & Lawrence Avenue

The three-way junction of 47th Street and Lawrence Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 250 firehouse is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
470 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Parkville Av/47 St · B11
Within a walk
19 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Street & Lawrence Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av F
    470 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave I F
    1,110 feet
    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 Parkville Av/47 St, 360 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parkville Av/47 St B11
    360 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 47th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lawrence Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Lawrence Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 192 - the Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry School
    610 feet
  2. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Cheder (The) School
    1,050 feet
Show all 7
  1. Aaa Service Prog Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  2. Little Roses DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,210 feet
  3. Beth Jacob School for Girls School
    1,240 feet
  4. Bais Yaakov of 18th Ave School
    1,270 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 250 Fire station
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  3. Gala Apple International Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 18 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th Street or Lawrence Avenue.

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