59th Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and 20th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Cong Machna Shalva V is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and six 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
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
400 feet
60 St/20 Av · B9
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    1,200 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 “Sea City Spin” (2019) by David Storey at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/20 Av, 400 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/20 Av B9
    400 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
37 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-5PM

West side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 59th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

South side of 59th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    170 feet
  2. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    170 feet
  3. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
Show all 5
  1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
    660 feet
  2. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten 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 20th 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.