53rd Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and 19th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 28 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
50 St/19 Av · B11
Within a walk
28 places
12 religious buildings, 9 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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, 790 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks 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. 6006 18th Avenue 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2023

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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 80 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and December 2020, 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 53rd Street

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

South side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SUNDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 7AM-2PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

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

Schools and child care

  1. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Yeshiva Imrei Chaim Viznitz School
    620 feet
  3. Yeshiva Chsan Sofer School
    840 feet
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  1. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin School
    850 feet
  2. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
  3. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    1,000 feet
  4. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  5. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    1,030 feet
  6. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    1,030 feet
  7. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  8. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  9. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    1,240 feet
  10. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    1,240 feet
  11. Yeshiva Yagdil Torah School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    660 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along 19th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.