52nd Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 52nd Street 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 420 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
50 St/20 Av · B11
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 4 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
52nd Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    1,020 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.4 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, 560 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at 11th Avenue & 18th Street, 2.3 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

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
42 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 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 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

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

North side of 52nd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 52nd Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  2. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    380 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    420 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    420 feet
  2. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    480 feet
  3. Yeshiva Prep High School
    760 feet
  4. Barkai Yeshivah School
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th 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.