18th Avenue & 71st Street

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and 71st Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest subway, 71 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and 24 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
71 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
18 Av/70 St · B8
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 71 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 71 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Flora of Bensonhurst” (2012) by Joan Linder at the 71 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/70 St, 170 feet away, for the B8.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/70 St B8
    170 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Gowanus Expressway eastbound, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7310 New Utrecht Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1924 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of 71st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309966 and 313123.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or 71st Street.

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