15th Avenue & Benson Avenue
The four-way crossing of 15th Avenue and Benson Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 672 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 229 Dyker is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/Benson Av, is 810 feet away for the B64, X28 and X38, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/Benson Av, 810 feet away, for the B64, X28 and X38.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 14 Av/Benson Av B64, X28, X38 · Shelter810 feetB64 X28 X38
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
- X28 …
- X38 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 1414 86th Street Gas station1,300 feet
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.6 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.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 672 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,005th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 371 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 62
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bath Beach
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
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 1930 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 32 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 229 Dyker School740 feet
- The Purple Crayon Preschool, ages 2 to 5950 feet
- Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 51,120 feet
Show all 4
- District 20 Pre-K Center at 21 Bay 11th Street Pre-K center1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park840 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Dynasty Supermarket1,160 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,030 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and ten 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:
- Benson Avenue & Bay 10th Street 260 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 8th Street 260 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 7th Street 520 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 11th Street 520 feet
- 15th Avenue & Bath Avenue 780 feet
- 16th Avenue & Benson Avenue 780 feet
- 14th Avenue & Benson Avenue 780 feet
- 86th Street & 15th Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along 15th Avenue or Benson Avenue.