18th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue

The four-way crossing of 18th Avenue and Cropsey Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bath Beach Park is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
18 Av/Cropsey Av · B8
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
18th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    0.5 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 18 Av/Cropsey Av, 40 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/Cropsey Av B8
    40 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
47
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 18th Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 18th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

North side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cropsey Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 314107.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    990 feet
  3. New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bath Beach Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Bath Beach Park Playground
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 18th Avenue or Cropsey Avenue.

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.