59th Street & 13th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and 13th Avenue is in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and is also named Priscilla Celano Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bnos Perel is 120 feet away. The nearest subway, 62 St/New Utrecht Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D and N. Within a five-minute walk are 25 public places, ten of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
62 St/New Utrecht Av
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · D, N
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
60 St/13 Av · B9
Within a walk
25 places
10 day care or pre-K sites, 9 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & 13th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 62 St/New Utrecht Av, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    1,010 feet
    D N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. D …
  2. N …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 55 St D
    1,030 feet
    D
  2. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Nature Rail” (2012) by Andrea Dezsö and “Nature Wall” (2019) by Andrea Dezsö at the 62 St/New Utrecht Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/13 Av, 310 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/13 Av B9 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B9
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1302 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2017

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
55 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Priscilla Celano Way, a co-naming enacted on October 10, 2008 (Local Law 48 of 2008).

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Priscilla Celano Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

West side of 13th Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO COMMUITY BOARD MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 59th Street

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

South side of 59th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 public places.

  • 10 day care or pre-K sites
  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. B 'above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Bnos Perel School
    120 feet
  3. Nurtury 58 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    190 feet
Show all 14
  1. Mount Early Bloomers Preschool
    500 feet
  2. Guild for Exceptional Child-57th St School
    640 feet
  3. Special Education Associates Preschool
    750 feet
  4. Carrie Mastronardi Early Childhood Education Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
  5. Weehive Daycare Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    810 feet
  6. Integrated Treatment Services Preschool
    960 feet
  7. Tiny Hearts Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  8. First Step Evaluation Preschool
    1,010 feet
  9. Hebrew Acad Spec Child 55th St Bklyn School
    1,230 feet
  10. Hebrew Academy for Special Children Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  11. The Detective Wenjian Liu School of Civics and Entrepreneurship School
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Frances de Chantal RC Church House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 247 Fire station
    730 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th Avenue or 59th Street.

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