59th Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and 19th 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. Cong Machna Shalva V is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
60 St/19 Av · B9
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.4 miles
    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/19 Av, 350 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/19 Av B9
    350 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,210 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 59th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 59th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    950 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    950 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,070 feet
  2. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    1,080 feet
  3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
    1,130 feet
  4. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    720 feet
  2. Gravesend Park Playground
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,300 feet
  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 signal or safety change and 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 19th Avenue or 59th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.