East 53rd Street & Avenue D
East 53rd Street and Avenue D meet at a four-way crossing in East Flatbush-Farragut, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Ebenezer Prep School is 360 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue D/E 53 St, is 60 feet away for the B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue D/E 53 St, 60 feet away, for the B8.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue D/E 53 St B860 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Beverley Rd & E 49 St 22 docks in all0.5 miles
By car
- 1141 Utica Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 5523 Glenwood Road Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
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-Farragut
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue D
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM
South side of Avenue D
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of East 53rd Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 53rd Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 326856.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 12 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Ebenezer Prep School360 feet
- Ebenezer Preparatory School /Ebenezer Preparatory School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5380 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Harry Maze Playground860 feet
Houses of worship
- Bible Speaks Church of Christ House of worship930 feet
- New Life Tabernacle House of worship990 feet
- United Pentecostal Deliverance Temple House of worship1,190 feet
Community centers and public services
- Farragut Post Office1,010 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store890 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue D & East 54th Street 260 feet
- East 52nd Street & Avenue D 270 feet
- Kings Highway & Avenue D 300 feet
- Avenue D & East 51st Street 530 feet
- Avenue D & East 55th Street 530 feet
- Kings Highway & East 54th Street 720 feet
- East 56th Street & Avenue D 800 feet
- Utica Avenue & Avenue D 810 feet
See every intersection along Avenue D or East 53rd Street.