62nd Street & 24th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 62nd Street and 24th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dahill Triangle is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
630 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
McDonald Av/24 Av · B90
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
62nd Street & 24th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave N, 630 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    630 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Push/Pull” (2018) by Lisa Sigal at the Ave N station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/24 Av, 500 feet away, for the B90.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/24 Av B90
    500 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1928 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 24th Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8:30AM-5:30PM EXCEPT SATURDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Starting Point Services for Children Preschool
    840 feet
  2. Supreme Evaluation Preschool
    840 feet
  3. Lingua Prime NY Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    1,170 feet
  2. Yeshivat Shaare Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    30 feet
  2. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 62nd Street.

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