15th Avenue & Independence Avenue
The three-way junction of 15th Avenue and Independence Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dyker Beach Park is 520 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cropsey Av/15 Av, is 1,090 feet away for the B8, X28 and X38, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/15 Av, 1,090 feet away, for the B8, X28 and X38.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cropsey Av/15 Av B8, X28, X381,090 feetB8 X28 X38
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
- X28 …
- X38 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 940 feet by car along the streets.
- 1414 86th Street Gas station0.7 miles
- 221 Washington Drive Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 17 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of 15th Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Independence Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Independence Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park520 feet
- Bay 8 Playground1,050 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Bay 10th Street & Independence Avenue 270 feet
- Shore Parkway & 15th Avenue 290 feet
- Bay 8th Street & Independence Avenue 480 feet
- Bay 11th Street & Independence Avenue 540 feet
- Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway 560 feet
- 16th Avenue & Independence Avenue 880 feet
- 15th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue 1,030 feet
- Shore Parkway & 16th Avenue 1,150 feet
See every intersection along 15th Avenue or Independence Avenue.