59th Street & Bay Parkway

The four-way crossing of 59th Street and Bay Parkway is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ryder Library is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about five 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 schools, and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
20 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Bay Pkwy/60 St · B6
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
59th Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    1,290 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/60 St, 240 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/60 St B6 · Shelter
    240 feet
    B6
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 5021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1960.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 59th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 59th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Middle School of Innovation School
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    480 feet
  3. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    780 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 59th Street or Bay Parkway.

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