7th Avenue & 17th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 17th Street is in Windsor Terrace-South Slope, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Butterfly Gardens is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, 15 St-Prospect Park, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
15 St-Prospect Park
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
7 Av/Prospect Av · B67, B69
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 15 St-Prospect Park, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 15 St-Prospect Park F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 7 Av F, G
    0.5 miles
    F G
  2. Prospect Av R
    0.5 miles
    R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 7 Av/Prospect Av, 300 feet away, for the B67 and B69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 7 Av/Prospect Av B67, B69 · Shelter
    300 feet
    B67 B69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B67 …
  2. B69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 7 Ave & 17 St 21 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway eastbound at 19th Street & Prospect Expressway, 560 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 668 3rd Avenue Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 266 13th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11215
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
39
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Windsor Terrace-South Slope
Elevation
150 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 1901 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 17th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 17th Street

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

East side of 7th Avenue

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

West side of 7th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 schools
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Magnet School of Math, Science and Design Technology School
    190 feet
  2. J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget School
    550 feet
  3. P.S. K053 School
    550 feet
Show all 10
  1. Prospect Kids Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Bumblebees R US Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. Chickpeas Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  4. New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts School
    930 feet
  5. P.S. 295 School
    930 feet
  6. Therapy and Learning Center Preschool
    1,000 feet
  7. Slope Collective Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective Joseph Mayrose Park
    50 feet
  2. Butterfly Gardens Garden
    160 feet
  3. Slope Park Playground
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Purple Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St John St Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and eight 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Street or 7th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.