47th Street & New Utrecht Avenue

The four-way crossing of 47th Street and New Utrecht Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Alben Square is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
690 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
660 feet
49 St/New Utrecht Av · B11
Within a walk
31 places
19 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
47th Street & New Utrecht Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 50 St D
    690 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    690 feet
    D
  2. 55 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Internal Connectivity” (2012) by Dan Zeller at the 50 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 49 St/New Utrecht Av, 660 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/New Utrecht Av B11 · Shelter
    660 feet
    B11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4302 Fort Hamilton Parkway Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of 47th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 47th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:30AM-7PM 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

West side of New Utrecht Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 300828 and 334431.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.

  • 19 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Cong Darkei Avos Sanz of BP School
    590 feet
  2. Kiddie Zone 44 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    920 feet
  3. CONG Nachas Ruach Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    950 feet
Show all 10
  1. Cocoon Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Action Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Congregation ML Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
  4. Darkei Chaim School
    1,230 feet
  5. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 2 School
    1,240 feet
  6. P.S. 131 Brooklyn School
    1,290 feet
  7. We Do Kids Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alben Square
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Blythebourne Post Office
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 29 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 47th Street or New Utrecht Avenue.

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