50th Street & Dahill Road at 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 50th Street, Dahill Road and 20th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about two minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them schools, and six places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
530 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
50 St/20 Av · B11
Within a walk
16 places
7 schools, 6 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Street & Dahill Road at 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    530 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.3 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/20 Av, 70 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/20 Av B11
    70 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 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 nine 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 May 2025.

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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY

West side of 20th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 50th Street

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

South side of 50th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Dahill Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311808.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    250 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    250 feet
  3. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
Show all 10
  1. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    350 feet
  2. Yeshiva Prep High School
    760 feet
  3. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    970 feet
  4. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    1,070 feet
  6. Cheder (The) School
    1,100 feet
  7. Barkai Yeshivah School
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Landau's Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and six 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 20th Avenue, 50th Street or Dahill Road.

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.