Ditmas Avenue & East 59th Street
Ditmas Avenue and East 59th Street meet at a three-way junction in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Wyckoff House Museum is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, is 550 feet away for the B47, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd, 550 feet away, for the B47.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ralph Av/Clarendon Rd B47550 feetB47
Next buses at this stop
- B47 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway, 2.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 401 East 80th Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11203
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 17
- City Council district
- 45
- Police precinct
- 67
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- East Flatbush-Rugby
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the northern red oak.
Landmarks and historic districts
One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Flemish Medieval Survival, and built in 1652.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 museum
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Birch Family Services - Nazareth Ctr School540 feet
- Ivy Hill Preparatory Charter School540 feet
- Nazareth Regional High School540 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Harry Maze Playground720 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Wyckoff House Museum Landmark130 feet
- Pieter Wyckoff House Listed historic place340 feet
Supermarkets
- Good Food for Less Supermarket1,230 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Ditmas Avenue & East 58th Street 330 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue 360 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Ditmas Avenue at Clarendon Road 480 feet
- Ralph Avenue & Canarsie Lane 500 feet
- East 57th Street & Avenue D 670 feet
- East 83rd Street & Canarsie Lane 740 feet
- East 59th Street & Clarendon Road 760 feet
- Ditmas Avenue & Branton Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or East 59th Street.