49th Street & 10th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 49th Street and 10th Avenue is in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
49 St/10 Av · B11
Within a walk
20 places
11 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
49th Street & 10th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 50 St D
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 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/10 Av, 50 feet away, for the B11.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 49 St/10 Av B11
    50 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
38 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 10th Avenue

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 10th Avenue

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

North side of 49th Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Doctor plates only 5 signs DOCTOR LICENSE PLATES ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 49th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 4AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 hospital
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe School
    320 feet
  2. Little Maven Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    340 feet
  3. Action Nursery Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 160 William T. Sampson School
    980 feet
  2. J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing School
    1,060 feet
  3. Darkei Chaim School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rappaport Playground
    820 feet

Health care

  1. Boro Park Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    280 feet
  2. Maimonides Medical Center Hospital
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudath Achim House of worship
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 10th Avenue or 49th Street.

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