East 17th Street & Ditmas Avenue

East 17th Street and Ditmas Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. The corner lies inside the Ditmas Park Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Ocean Av/Ditmas Av · BM1, BM3, BM4
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Ditmas Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    1,260 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Ditmas Av, 1,020 feet away, for the BM1, BM3 and BM4.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Ditmas Av BM1, BM3, BM4
    1,020 feet
    BM1 BM3 BM4

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM1 …
  2. BM3 …
  3. BM4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. E 16 St & Cortelyou Rd 26 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11226
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Ditmas Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Ditmas Park Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 356 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1903 and 1908.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Foster Avenue Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ditmas Park Historic District Listed historic place
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Pilgrim Wesleyan Church House of worship
    1,030 feet
  2. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 961 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    990 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,170 feet
  2. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ditmas Avenue or East 17th Street.

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