50th Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 50th Street and 19th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
50 St/19 Av · B11
Within a walk
18 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    1,100 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/19 Av, 30 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/19 Av B11
    30 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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

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

Homes

About 1,400 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 50th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 50th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    290 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    880 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th Avenue or 50th Street.

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