14th Avenue & 77th Street
The four-way crossing of 14th Avenue and 77th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is also named Dr. Giacomo J. Buscaino Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Lefferts Park Baptist Church is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.
- 79 St D0.4 milesD
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- D …
Southbound
1 line- 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 Bay Ridge Pkwy/14 Av, 630 feet away, for the B4.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Bay Ridge Pkwy/14 Av B4630 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 10
- City Council district
- 38
- Police precinct
- 62 and 68 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bensonhurst
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Dr. Giacomo J. Buscaino Place, a co-naming enacted on July 11, 2011 (Local Law 47 of 2011).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumn Blaze' Freeman maple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dr. Giacomo J. Buscaino Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 28 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 14th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 14th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 77th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 77th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- LPBC UPK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K330 feet
- Thursday's Child Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5970 feet
Houses of worship
- Lefferts Park Baptist Church House of worship330 feet
Bank branches
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch830 feet
- Chase Bank branch860 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 14th Avenue & 76th Street 260 feet
- 14th Avenue & 78th Street 260 feet
- 14th Avenue & 79th Street 520 feet
- 14th Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway 540 feet
- 77th Street & 13th Avenue 780 feet
- 15th Avenue & 77th Street 780 feet
- 14th Avenue & 80th Street 780 feet
- 14th Avenue & 74th Street 820 feet
See every intersection along 14th Avenue or 77th Street.