61st Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 23rd Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason is 200 feet away, and the Engine 330/Ladder 172 firehouse is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
60 St/23 Av · B9
Within a walk
13 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    1,010 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave P F
    0.5 miles
    F

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, 290 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62 and 66 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
29 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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 61st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 61st Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    200 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    770 feet
  3. Middle School of Innovation School
    770 feet
Show all 8
  1. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,070 feet
  2. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    1,140 feet
  3. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    1,190 feet
  4. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    1,190 feet
  5. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    760 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 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 ten 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd 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.