Fort Hamilton Parkway & 59th Street

Fort Hamilton Parkway and 59th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
740 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Fort Hamilton Pkwy/59 St · B16
Within a walk
16 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 6 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fort Hamilton Parkway & 59th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 740 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy N
    740 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 8 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “There is Magic Underneath It All” (2019) by María Berrío at the Fort Hamilton Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fort Hamilton Pkwy/59 St, 120 feet away, for the B16.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy/59 St B16
    120 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway westbound at 7th Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1105 60th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 6401 6th Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2018
  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11219
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
43
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West)
Elevation
63 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 1925.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 59th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

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

West side of Fort Hamilton Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Wise Kidz Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. B'Above Worldwide Institute Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  3. P.S. 105 the Blythebourne School
    490 feet
Show all 10
  1. Zichron Yehuda-Bais Simcha School
    650 feet
  2. Golden Sunrise Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. American Institute of Science & Tech Trade or language school
    940 feet
  4. The School for Future Leaders School
    960 feet
  5. B'Above 60th Street Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  6. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  7. United Talmudical Academy of Boro Park Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Scaturro Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. HLBK Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fei Long Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 59th Street or Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.