57th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 57th Street and 21st Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Barkai Yeshivah is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave I, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave I
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
60 St/21 Av · B9
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
57th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave I, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave I F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N
  2. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Where the Sky Begins” (2018) by Kambui Olujimi at the Ave I station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/21 Av, 880 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/21 Av B9
    880 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Enhanced crossing, August 2017

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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of 57th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 57th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Barkai Yeshivah School
    1,000 feet
  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
    1,260 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,270 feet
Show all 4
  1. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    1,270 feet

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 57th Street.

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