54th Street & 1st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 54th Street and 1st Avenue is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Martin Luther Playground is 1,080 feet away, and Brooklyn Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them hospitals, and six places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
53 St/1 Av · B11
Within a walk
6 places
2 hospitals, 1 career or business center and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
54th Street & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 53 St/1 Av, 300 feet away, for the B11.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 53 St/1 Av B11
    300 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 52 St & 1 Ave 22 docks in all
    570 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
38
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (West)
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 30 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1901.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of 54th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-10PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS

South side of 54th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-6PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-7:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 hospitals
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 140 58th Street Pre-K center
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bush Terminal Piers Park
    1,040 feet
  2. Martin Luther Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

  1. Calvary Hospital
    850 feet
  2. NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn Hospital
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or 54th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, 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.