51st Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 51st Street and 19th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and three 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
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
50 St/19 Av · B11
Within a walk
20 places
12 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
51st Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    0.3 miles
    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, 270 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.4 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
Borough Park
Elevation
45 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 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

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

West side of 19th Avenue

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

North side of 51st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-8PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 51st Street

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    320 feet
  2. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  3. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    720 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    720 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  4. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,180 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 three places to eat and four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th Avenue or 51st 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.