19th Avenue & Benson Avenue

The four-way crossing of 19th Avenue and Benson Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 11 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bath Beach Post Office is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Bath Av/19 Av · B64
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
19th Avenue & Benson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av 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. 18 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/19 Av, 620 feet away, for the B64.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/19 Av B64
    620 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    1,120 feet
  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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 11 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,922nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1923 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 19th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311697 and 314750.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 200 Benson School
    450 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    840 feet
  3. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,020 feet
  2. Bright Kidz Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bath Beach Post Office
    110 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    800 feet
  2. Battalion 42/Engine 243/Ladder 168 Fire station
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 19th Avenue or Benson Avenue.

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