53rd Street & 17th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and 17th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Jewish Center for Spec Educ is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 18 Av/53 St, is 820 feet away for the B8, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 23 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/53 St, 820 feet away, for the B8.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 18 Av/53 St B8820 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median 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 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
- 45 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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 35 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2019, 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of 53rd Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of 53rd Street
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.
- 23 religious buildings
- 7 day care or pre-K sites
- 6 schools
- 1 trade or language school
Schools and child care
- Jewish Center for Spec Educ School600 feet
- Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school600 feet
- Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School600 feet
Show all 14
- Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5810 feet
- Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,020 feet
- Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School1,040 feet
- Ch'San Sofer Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 51,090 feet
- Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School1,090 feet
- Rabbi Solomon Kluger School Preschool, ages 2 to 51,090 feet
- Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School1,130 feet
- Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School1,200 feet
- Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 51,260 feet
- Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 51,270 feet
- Mother Love Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,280 feet
Houses of worship
- Sons Judah Congregation House of worship880 feet
- Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship1,100 feet
Supermarkets
- Breadberry Supermarket0.3 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 54th Street & 17th Avenue 260 feet
- 52nd Street & 17th Avenue 260 feet
- 17th Avenue & 55th Street 520 feet
- 51st Street & 17th Avenue 530 feet
- 18th Avenue & 53rd Street 750 feet
- 50th Street & 17th Avenue 780 feet
- 56th Street & 17th Avenue 780 feet
- 52nd Street & Old New Utrecht Road 820 feet
See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 53rd Street.