61st Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 19th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 048 Mapleton is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
60 St/19 Av · B9
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 18 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. 20 Av N
    0.3 miles
    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/19 Av, 360 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/19 Av B9
    360 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 2.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 5115 15th Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
44 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

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

West side of 19th Avenue

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

North side of 61st Street

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

South side of 61st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304168.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    800 feet
  2. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshiva Adas Yosef Elanda Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Park
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 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 19th 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.