61st Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 21st 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. St Athanasius Church is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
60 St/21 Av · B9
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st 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 five 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. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

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, 350 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
32 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, 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 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and September 2025, 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 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 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of 61st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    820 feet
  2. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. Middle School of Innovation School
    1,110 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    1,110 feet
  3. Syrit Computer School Systems Trade or language school
    1,290 feet
  4. Cong Machna Shalva V School
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    920 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.