59th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and 17th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 992 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 30 public places, 14 of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
60 St/17 Av · B9
Within a walk
30 places
14 religious buildings, 9 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    1,210 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Fluxus / Rythmus” (2018) by Emilio Perez at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/17 Av, 290 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/17 Av B9
    290 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,040 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Turn calming, October 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 992 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on 17th Avenue681
Southbound on 17th Avenue311
Total992

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 59th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 59th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 public places.

  • 14 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    520 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    720 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    760 feet
Show all 13
  1. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    800 feet
  2. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    950 feet
  3. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    1,000 feet
  4. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  5. Congregation Yeshiva Darkei Chaim School
    1,080 feet
  6. Cong Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel School
    1,170 feet
  7. Tomer Dvora School - Site 1 School
    1,180 feet
  8. Agudath Chasidei Spinka Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  9. Toys and Joys Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet
  10. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,240 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    270 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and nine 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 17th Avenue or 59th Street.

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