52nd Street & Old New Utrecht Road
The three-way junction of 52nd Street and Old New Utrecht Road is in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and is also named Rabbi Zvi Florence Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 31 public places, 19 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.
- 18 Av F0.4 milesF
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- F …
Southbound
1 line- F …
Also within a walk
- Ave I F0.5 milesF
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the 18 Av station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/53 St, 350 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 18 Av/53 St B8350 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 13 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.
- 6006 18th Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 April 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
- 48 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Rabbi Zvi Florence Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rabbi Zvi Florence Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 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.
North side of 52nd Street
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-7PM
East side of Old New Utrecht Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Old New Utrecht Road
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 31 public places.
- 19 religious buildings
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 5 schools
- 1 park
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School420 feet
- Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5500 feet
- Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school620 feet
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- Jewish Center for Spec Educ School620 feet
- Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School620 feet
- Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5710 feet
- Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School780 feet
- Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5980 feet
- Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 5980 feet
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School1,010 feet
- Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Gravesend Park1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Landau's Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 18th Avenue & 52nd Street 180 feet
- 51st Street & Old New Utrecht Road 290 feet
- 18th Avenue & 53rd Street 440 feet
- 18th Avenue & 51st Street 450 feet
- 52nd Street & 17th Avenue 560 feet
- 50th Street & Old New Utrecht Road 580 feet
- 18th Avenue & 54th Street 710 feet
- 18th Avenue & 50th Street 710 feet
See every intersection along 52nd Street or Old New Utrecht Road.