58th Street & 2nd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 58th Street and 2nd Avenue is in Sunset Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvary Hospital is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, 59 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
59 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
58 St/2 Av · B11
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 hospitals and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
58th Street & 2nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 59 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 59 St N, R
    0.3 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/2 Av, 70 feet away, for the B11.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 2nd Avenue and 58th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 56 St & 2 Ave 35 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound at 3rd Avenue & Connector, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5705 2nd Avenue Gas station
    280 feet
  2. 140 58th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 63 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 2nd Avenue

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

West side of 2nd Avenue

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of 58th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 58th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 hospitals
  • 2 schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Colony-South Brooklyn Houses Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  2. Magical Years Early Childhood Center Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 140 58th Street Pre-K center
    840 feet
  2. MS 936 Arts Off 3rd School
    980 feet
  3. Sunset School of Cultural Learning School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Martin Luther Playground
    570 feet
  2. Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Park
    1,120 feet

Health care

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

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 2nd Avenue or 58th Street.

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