53rd Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and 20th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools, and three 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
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
50 St/20 Av · B11
Within a walk
9 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    1,280 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, 820 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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
    0.4 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.

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
38 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 58 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and November 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 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 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    220 feet
  2. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  3. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
Show all 7
  1. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    680 feet
  2. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    680 feet
  3. Barkai Yeshivah School
    770 feet
  4. Yeshiva Prep High School
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ShopRite Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two 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:

See every intersection along 20th Avenue or 53rd 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.