81st Street & 15th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 15th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is also named Mafalda DiMango Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi is 210 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- 79 St D0.4 milesD
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- D …
Southbound
1 line- D …
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/15 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B1.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/15 Av B1 · Shelter0.3 milesB1
Next buses at this stop
- B1 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 1414 86th Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 62
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bensonhurst
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Mafalda DiMango Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2019 (Local Law 24 of 2019).
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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Mafalda DiMango Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 34 signs on these blocks
- 8 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of 81st Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of 81st Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 204 Vince Lombardi School210 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Dynasty Supermarket0.3 miles
- Jmart Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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:
- 80th Street & 15th Avenue 260 feet
- 82nd Street & 15th Avenue 260 feet
- 83rd Street & 15th Avenue 520 feet
- 79th Street & 15th Avenue 520 feet
- 14th Avenue & 81st Street 780 feet
- 84th Street & 15th Avenue 780 feet
- 81st Street & 16th Avenue 780 feet
- 78th Street & 15th Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along 15th Avenue or 81st Street.