48th Street & New Utrecht Avenue

The four-way crossing of 48th Street and New Utrecht Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 16 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Blythebourne Post Office is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about a minute on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
380 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
49 St/New Utrecht Av · B11
Within a walk
32 places
22 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
48th Street & New Utrecht Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 50 St D
    380 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
    1,000 feet
    D
  2. 55 St D
    0.4 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, 350 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 48 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
    0.3 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 16 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,905th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 18 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1939.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 48th Street

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

South side of 48th Street

  • No parking 2 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

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: 310638 and 334431.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.

  • 22 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Cong Darkei Avos Sanz of BP School
    280 feet
  2. CONG Nachas Ruach Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Cocoon Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    710 feet
Show all 8
  1. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 2 School
    930 feet
  2. Yeshiva and Mesivta Wiznitz of USA School
    1,050 feet
  3. Kiddie Zone 44 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
  4. E&d Children Center Preschool
    1,270 feet
  5. Congregation ML Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alben Square
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Blythebourne Post Office
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 32 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 48th Street or New Utrecht Avenue.

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