60th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 17th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 911 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Mapleton Library is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 27 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
940 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
60 St/17 Av · B9
Within a walk
27 places
12 religious buildings, 9 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    940 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 miles
    D 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, 50 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    770 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 911 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 826th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 534 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on 60th Street574393
Westbound on 60th Street337141
Total911534

Every corner with speed 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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1926 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and May 2022, 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

North side of 60th Street

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

South side of 60th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 9 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    250 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    450 feet
  3. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
Show all 14
  1. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    490 feet
  2. Congregation Yeshiva Darkei Chaim School
    810 feet
  3. Cong Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel School
    900 feet
  4. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,030 feet
  5. Yeshiva Birches Moshe School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,070 feet
  6. Congregation Machne Chaim School
    1,170 feet
  7. Bais Sarah School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
  8. Cong. Machne Chaim Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  9. Yeshiva Tifereth Elimelech School
    1,220 feet
  10. Talmud Torah Ohr Moshe School
    1,270 feet
  11. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    130 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,170 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 17th Avenue or 60th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.