54th Street & 15th Avenue

The three-way junction of 54th Street and 15th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bais Rochel School of Boro Park is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 41 public places, 27 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
14 Av/53 St · B16
Within a walk
41 places
27 religious buildings, 7 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Street & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 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. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 miles
    D N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/53 St, 1,120 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/53 St B16
    1,120 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    720 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 54th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No standing 1 sign SPECIAL NIGHT REGULATION NO STANDING SUN-THURS 7PM-MIDNIGHT

South side of 54th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 public places.

  • 27 religious buildings
  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddie City Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    550 feet
  2. Bais Rochel School of Boro Park School
    770 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Lelov School
    770 feet
Show all 13
  1. Little Munchkins Playgroup 56 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    960 feet
  3. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    960 feet
  4. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Head Start Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  5. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,080 feet
  6. Yeshiva Imrei Yosef Spinka School
    1,140 feet
  7. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  8. Nurtury 58 Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,220 feet
  9. B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,280 feet
  10. Torah Vyirah of Boro Park School
    1,290 feet

Health care

  1. The Heritage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    920 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    970 feet
  3. Shomrei Emunah Congregation House of worship
    1,250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change 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:

See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 54th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.