62nd Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 62nd Street and 17th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about two 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 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
410 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
580 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
62nd Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    410 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, 580 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    1,300 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 62nd 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 316255.

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. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    150 feet
  2. Yeshiva Birchas Moshe School
    340 feet
  3. Allied Health Training Institute, LL Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
Show all 12
  1. Yeshivas Novominsk-Kol Yehuda School
    430 feet
  2. Cong Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel School
    530 feet
  3. Yaldeinu School (The) School
    900 feet
  4. Congregation Machne Chaim School
    910 feet
  5. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls School
    940 feet
  6. Congregation Yeshiva Darkei Chaim School
    960 feet
  7. Bais Sarah School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  8. Cong. Machne Chaim Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  9. P.S. 048 Mapleton School
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mapleton Library
    530 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,060 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 62nd Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.