7th Avenue & 54th Street

The four-way crossing of 7th Avenue and 54th Street is in Sunset Park (Central), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 8 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
8 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
8 Av/55 St · B70
Within a walk
17 places
7 religious buildings, 6 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
7th Avenue & 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 8 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 53 St R
    0.5 miles
    R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “MADE WITH LOVE” (2019) by Olalekan Jeyifous at the 8 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 Av/55 St, 950 feet away, for the B70.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 Av/55 St B70
    950 feet
    B70

Next buses at this stop

  1. B70 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 6418 7th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 1928.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 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 54th 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 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 54th 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

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 7th Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305303, 310868, 338818 and 338819.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Worldtots Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. Athena Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Brooklyn Chinese-American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Happy Dragon - Brooklyn School
    1,170 feet
  4. Little Bell Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rainbow Playground
    930 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 40 Ambulance station
    1,010 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Iglesia Emmanuel Piedra Viva Iglesia Church House of worship
    770 feet
  2. Second Evangelical Free Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Ridge Post Office
    330 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 29 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 54th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.