52nd Street & 17th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 52nd Street and 17th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 50 St/17 Av, is 630 feet away for the B11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 32 public places, 22 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 50 St/17 Av, 630 feet away, for the B11.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 50 St/17 Av B11630 feetB11
Next buses at this stop
- B11 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 6006 18th Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.4 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 8 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 5 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
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
- 46 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 33 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 17th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of 17th Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of 52nd Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of 52nd Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 32 public places.
- 22 religious buildings
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 schools
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5830 feet
- Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5830 feet
- Jewish Center for Spec Educ School860 feet
Show all 10
- Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school860 feet
- Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School860 feet
- Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School980 feet
- Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,020 feet
- Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,060 feet
- Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,270 feet
- Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School1,300 feet
Houses of worship
- Sons Judah Congregation House of worship1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- Breadberry Supermarket0.4 miles
- Landau's Supermarket Supermarket0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 53rd Street & 17th Avenue 260 feet
- 51st Street & 17th Avenue 270 feet
- 54th Street & 17th Avenue 520 feet
- 50th Street & 17th Avenue 520 feet
- 52nd Street & Old New Utrecht Road 560 feet
- 51st Street & Old New Utrecht Road 700 feet
- 18th Avenue & 52nd Street 740 feet
- 17th Avenue & 55th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 52nd Street.