57th Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 57th Street and 13th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 841 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Guild for Exceptional Child-57th St is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 55 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 35 public places, 18 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
55 St
510 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
13 Av/56 St · B16
Within a walk
35 places
18 religious buildings, 12 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
57th Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 55 St, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 55 St D
    510 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    D N
  2. 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 13 Av/56 St, 170 feet away, for the B16.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 13 Av/56 St B16
    170 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 841 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 866th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 481 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY 8AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 13th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 57th Street

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

South side of 57th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 public places.

  • 18 religious buildings
  • 12 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Guild for Exceptional Child-57th St School
    120 feet
  2. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    260 feet
  3. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    300 feet
Show all 15
  1. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    330 feet
  2. Tiny Hearts Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    480 feet
  3. B 'above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    560 feet
  4. Bnos Perel School
    640 feet
  5. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    710 feet
  6. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  7. Mount Early Bloomers Preschool
    1,010 feet
  8. Special Education Associates Preschool
    1,080 feet
  9. Evalcare Preschool
    1,210 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Tiferes Bunim D'Munckacs School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,260 feet
  11. Yeshiva Chaim V ' Shulem Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  12. Integrated Treatment Services Preschool
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Frances de Chantal RC Church House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Shomrei Shabes Congregation House of worship
    1,010 feet
  3. Toras Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 5901 13th Avenue Older adult center
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 247 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    610 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or 57th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.