17th Avenue & Benson Avenue

The four-way crossing of 17th Avenue and Benson 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 250 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1914 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Bath Av/17 Av · B64
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
17th Avenue & Benson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bensonhurst Gardens” (2012) by Francesco Simeti at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/17 Av, 850 feet away, for the B64.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1601 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.3 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.

  • 4 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 2025.

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 1914 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars School
    250 feet
  2. P.S. 163 Bath Beach School
    390 feet
  3. New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 42/Engine 243/Ladder 168 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 16 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or Benson Avenue.

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