62nd Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 62nd Street and 21st Avenue is in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Athanasius Catholic Academy is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
60 St/21 Av · B9
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
62nd Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    1,180 feet
    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

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, 610 feet away, for the B9.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 1.8 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
34 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 1930.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Redmond' American linden and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 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 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    740 feet
  2. Little Brilliant Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Bais Esther School 2 School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Nachas Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    950 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 62nd 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.