20th Avenue & Bath Avenue

The four-way crossing of 20th Avenue and Bath Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 200 Benson School is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bath Av/20 Av · B64
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 playground and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
20th Avenue & Bath 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 …

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/20 Av, 120 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/20 Av B64
    120 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 26 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    570 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38 and 43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
25 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 1916 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

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

North side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308826 and 310721.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 feet
  2. P.S. 200 Benson School
    790 feet
  3. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 20th Avenue or Bath Avenue.

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