58th Street & 1st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 58th Street and 1st Avenue is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 58th Street.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
58 St/1 Av · B11
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 hospitals and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
58th Street & 1st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    0.5 miles
    N R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 58 St/1 Av, 290 feet away, for the B11.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 58 St/1 Av B11
    290 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 58th Street.

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 57 St & 1 Ave 27 docks in all
    310 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
    1,060 feet
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    270 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

West side of 1st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of 58th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of 58th Street

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven 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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Park
    330 feet

Health care

  1. Calvary Hospital
    1,100 feet
  2. NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn Hospital
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. U.S. Army Military Ocean Terminal Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Brooklyn Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center Career or business center
    150 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 signal or safety change 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 1st Avenue or 58th 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.