53rd Street & Dahill Road

The four-way crossing of 53rd Street and Dahill Road is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Barkai Yeshivah is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
50 St/20 Av · B11
Within a walk
8 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
53rd Street & Dahill Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave I F
    1,120 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. 18 Av F
    0.5 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, 1,150 feet away, for the B11.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/20 Av B11
    1,150 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 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 three crashes 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 March 2024.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 7 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

East side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Dahill Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Barkai Yeshivah School
    130 feet
  2. Yeshiva Prep High School
    630 feet
  3. P.S. 121 Nelson A. Rockefeller School
    800 feet
Show all 7
  1. Shira Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. Toras Imecha Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Bais Yaakov D'Chassidei Gur School
    1,150 feet
  4. Bais Yaakov D'Gur High School
    1,150 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 one food store.

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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue, 53rd Street or Dahill Road.

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.