61st Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 20th Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
660 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
60 St/20 Av · B9
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 660 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    660 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av N
    0.4 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/20 Av, 370 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/20 Av B9
    370 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 Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2020.

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
39 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of 61st Street

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

South side of 61st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 304984.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    710 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6409 20th Avenue Older adult center
    930 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 15 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 20th 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.