52nd Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 52nd Street and 19th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about six minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 13 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
50 St/19 Av · B11
Within a walk
28 places
13 religious buildings, 9 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
52nd 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 six 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
    0.5 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, 530 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 2.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
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 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 52nd Street

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

South side of 52nd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 public places.

  • 13 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    580 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    810 feet
  3. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    880 feet
Show all 14
  1. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  2. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    980 feet
  4. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    980 feet
  5. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    1,050 feet
  6. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    1,110 feet
  7. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  8. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,250 feet
  9. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    1,250 feet
  10. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    1,250 feet
  11. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th Avenue or 52nd 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.