61st Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 17th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them schools, and 13 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
670 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
60 St/17 Av · B9
Within a walk
20 places
9 schools, 7 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    670 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
    0.4 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, 320 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    1,040 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62 and 66 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
45 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308186 and 322366.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    170 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    180 feet
  3. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 12
  1. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    220 feet
  2. Cong Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel School
    630 feet
  3. Congregation Yeshiva Darkei Chaim School
    710 feet
  4. Congregation Machne Chaim School
    900 feet
  5. Bais Sarah School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  6. Cong. Machne Chaim Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  7. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    960 feet
  8. Yaldeinu School (The) School
    1,150 feet
  9. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls School
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Breadberry Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    910 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 61st 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.