7th Avenue & 53rd Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 53rd Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Second Evangelical Free Church is 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 53 St, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
53 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · R
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
50 St/7 Av · B11
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 53 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 53 St R
    0.4 miles
    R

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. R …
Southbound
1 line
  1. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Untitled” (2017) by Mickalene Thomas at the 53 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 50 St/7 Av, 890 feet away, for the B11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 50 St/7 Av B11
    890 feet
    B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 7th Avenue.

  • 40 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & 7 Ave 25 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6418 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11220
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 7
City Council district
43
Police precinct
72
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (Central)
Elevation
118 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 53rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 9AM-9:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 53rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 7th Avenue

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

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 301987, 305305 and 306696.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 5
  1. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  2. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    1,190 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,000 feet
  2. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 53rd Street or 7th Avenue.

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