60th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 21st Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 546 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Middle School of Innovation is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
60 St/21 Av · B9
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av N
    0.3 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 N
    0.5 miles
    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/21 Av, 100 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1.9 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 546 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,132nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 322 more were issued.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

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

West side of 21st Avenue

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

North side of 60th Street

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

South side of 60th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    550 feet
  2. Middle School of Innovation School
    1,000 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  2. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    1,020 feet
  3. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.