New Utrecht Avenue & 17th Avenue

New Utrecht Avenue and 17th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Utrecht High School is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about a minute on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
180 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
18 Av/79 St · B8
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
New Utrecht Avenue & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 180 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 79 St D
    180 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 71 St D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/79 St, 1,020 feet away, for the B8.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/79 St B8
    1,020 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of New Utrecht Avenue

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

West side of New Utrecht Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Happy Scholars Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. Kind Start Pre-School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. New Utrecht High School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Milestone Park
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or New Utrecht Avenue.

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