51st Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 51st Street and 20th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about three minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six 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
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
760 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
50 St/20 Av · B11
Within a walk
12 places
6 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
51st Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 760 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    760 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. 18 Av 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, 300 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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
    0.4 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2021.

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
43 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 51st Street

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

South side of 51st Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    120 feet
  2. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    120 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    160 feet
Show all 9
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    160 feet
  2. Yeshiva Prep High School
    670 feet
  3. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    740 feet
  4. Barkai Yeshivah School
    1,100 feet
  5. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    1,100 feet
  6. The Cheder School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    1,200 feet

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th 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.