57th Street & 1st Avenue

The three-way junction of 57th Street and 1st Avenue is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Park is 600 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 1 Av/56 St, is 290 feet away for the B11, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Gowanus Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
1 Av/56 St · B11
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 hospitals and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
57th Street & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 1 Av/56 St, 290 feet away, for the B11.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 1 Av/56 St B11
    290 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 57th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 57 St & 1 Ave 27 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.5 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
    540 feet

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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
22 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 20 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1901.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 57th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 140 58th Street Pre-K center
    430 feet
  2. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Park
    600 feet
  2. Martin Luther Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 1st Avenue or 57th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.