60th Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 23rd Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bensonhurst Jewish Community is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about three 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 day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
730 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
60 St/23 Av · B9
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 730 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    730 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy N
    0.5 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 60 St/23 Av, 50 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/23 Av B9
    50 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 60th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 60th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    290 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    740 feet
  3. Middle School of Innovation School
    740 feet
Show all 7
  1. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    930 feet
  2. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    930 feet
  3. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  4. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    720 feet
  2. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and seven 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Avenue or 60th 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.