66th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 66th Street and 17th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow is 1,130 feet away, and Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
18 Av/66 St · B8
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings and 3 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
66th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av N
    690 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 71 St D
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. 62 St/New Utrecht Av D, N
    0.5 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 18 Av/66 St, 910 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/66 St B8 · Countdown sign
    910 feet
    B8
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6006 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 66th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of 66th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311273 and 318224.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Tiferes Miriam School for Girls School
    250 feet
  2. J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow School
    1,130 feet
  3. Yeshiva Tiferes Shmiel School
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Breadberry Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,080 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 66th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.