18th Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and Bay Ridge Parkway is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 186 Dr. Irving a Gladstone is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 23 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/18 Av · B4
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & Bay Ridge Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 71 St D
    0.5 miles
    D
  2. 18 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/18 Av, 40 feet away, for the B4.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/18 Av B4 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
35 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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 April 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 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 Bay Ridge Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bay Ridge Parkway

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311489 and 316475.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Al Madinah School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    280 feet
  2. Lil Tots Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Dr. Irving a Gladstone School
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 7711 18th Avenue Older adult center
    670 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 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 Bay Ridge Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.