53rd Street & 11th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and 11th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Rappaport Playground is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, 50 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 20 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1925, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
50 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
50 St/11 Av · B11
Within a walk
28 places
20 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Street & 11th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 50 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 55 St D
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. Fort Hamilton Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Internal Connectivity” (2012) by Dan Zeller at the 50 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/11 Av, 880 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/11 Av B11
    880 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.4 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
    2.1 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Borough Park
Elevation
83 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 1920 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 11th Avenue

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

West side of 11th Avenue

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

North side of 53rd Street

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

South side of 53rd Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 20 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Merrygochild 52 Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Cuddlesome Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    570 feet
  3. Congregation Ohr Nerov Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 160 William T. Sampson School
    770 feet
  2. Talmud Torah D'Rabinu Yoel School
    880 feet
  3. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rappaport Playground
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Kehal Yeraim Chust Boro Park House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Beth Israel Boro Park Congregation House of worship
    840 feet
  3. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Blythebourne Post Office
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 11th Avenue or 53rd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.