59th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and 21st Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cong Machna Shalva V is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
60 St/21 Av · B9
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 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. Ave N F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

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/21 Av, 360 feet away, for the B9.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/21 Av B9
    360 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

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

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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 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
    750 feet
  2. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    750 feet
  3. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Middle School of Innovation School
    1,270 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 21st Avenue or 59th Street.

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