17th Avenue & Bath Avenue

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and Bath Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bath Av/17 Av, is 100 feet away for the B64, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Bath Av/17 Av · B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & Bath Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/17 Av, 100 feet away, for the B64.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/17 Av B64
    100 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 17th Avenue and Bath Avenue.

  • 23 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Bath Avenue

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

South side of Bath Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 314398 and 315522.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. P.S. 163 Bath Beach School
    700 feet
  3. P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars School
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bath Beach Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Bath Beach Park Playground
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or Bath Avenue.

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