Kings Highway & East 17th Street

Kings Highway and East 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Stephen J. Solarz Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Reach for the Stars Learning Center is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them trade or language schools, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
410 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Kings Hwy/E 16 St · B7
Within a walk
21 places
6 trade or language schools, 5 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & East 17th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 410 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    410 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 16 St, 340 feet away, for the B7.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 16 St B7
    340 feet
    B7

Next buses at this stop

  1. B7 …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, every day.

Cycling

  • 58 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1935 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2023
  • Turn calming, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Stephen J. Solarz Way, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 38 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Stephen J. Solarz Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Kings Highway (south side).

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-2PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304499, 306838, 314112 and 319953.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 trade or language schools
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Clinton Institute Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Free Greek Community of the "Three Ierarches" Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. Keshet Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
Show all 14
  1. Dcic Business Institute Trade or language school
    100 feet
  2. Charles Stuart School Trade or language school
    730 feet
  3. Reach for the Stars Learning Center School
    740 feet
  4. Center for Allied Health Education Trade or language school
    820 feet
  5. Bnos Israel of East Flatbush School
    950 feet
  6. Ip Training Trade or language school
    990 feet
  7. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  8. Bnos Leah Seminary Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  9. Bnos Esther Malka School
    1,230 feet
  10. Prospect Park Yeshiva School
    1,230 feet
  11. Yeshiva of Belle Harbor School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Etz Chaim Congregation House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Kingsway Post Office
    590 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 33/Engine 276/Ladder 156 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Green Forest Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    380 feet
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    380 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    230 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 34 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 East 17th Street or Kings Highway.

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