East 51st Street & Snyder Avenue

East 51st Street and Snyder Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Rugby, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 310/Ladder 174 firehouse is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utica Av/Snyder Av, is 370 feet away for the B46, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Prospect Expressway
2.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Utica Av/Snyder Av · B46
Within a walk
16 places
9 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 51st Street & Snyder Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utica Av/Snyder Av, 370 feet away, for the B46.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utica Av/Snyder Av B46
    370 feet
    B46

Next buses at this stop

  1. B46 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Snyder Ave & Schenectady Ave 19 docks in all
    1,070 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 581 Clarkson Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 51st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 51st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Snyder Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Snyder Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 323731, 327422, 335835 and 339699.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Oholei Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Yeled V'Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Apple Tree Daycare Ac Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Apple Tree Learning Center School
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rugby Library
    900 feet
  2. Robinson, John Roosevelt Jackie" Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Universal Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Rugby Congregational Church Listed historic place
    510 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 310/Ladder 174 Fire station
    120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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:

See every intersection along East 51st Street or Snyder Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.