54th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 54th Street and 17th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 33 public places, 21 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
18 Av/53 St · B8
Within a walk
33 places
21 religious buildings, 7 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fluxus / Rythmus” (2018) by Emilio Perez at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/53 St, 1,080 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/53 St B8
    1,080 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 3 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 54th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 54th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 public places.

  • 21 religious buildings
  • 7 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    780 feet
  2. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    860 feet
  3. Jewish Center for Spec Educ School
    860 feet
Show all 12
  1. Marilyn David Ivdu Boys Upper School
    860 feet
  2. Gerer Yeshiva/Mesivta Bais Yisroel School
    870 feet
  3. Bubble U Playgroup Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
  5. Tots and Tykes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet
  6. Congregation Yeshiva Bnei Torah School
    1,210 feet
  7. Talmud Torah Imrei Chaim School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,280 feet
  8. P.S. K231 School
    1,290 feet
  9. The Seeall Academy School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Minyan Mir House of worship
    840 feet
  2. Sons Judah Congregation House of worship
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 54th 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.