63rd Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 63rd Street and 23rd Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bensonhurst Jewish Community is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave N, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave N
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
60 St/23 Av · B9
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
63rd Street & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave N F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 60 St/23 Av, 810 feet away, for the B9.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 60 St/23 Av B9
    810 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43 and 44 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 226 Alfred de B. Mason School
    720 feet
  3. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,260 feet
  2. Middle School of Innovation School
    1,290 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 2202 60th Street Pre-K center
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dahill Triangle
    1,070 feet
  2. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ryder Library
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Jewish Community House of worship
    100 feet
  2. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    670 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 11 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 23rd Avenue or 63rd Street.

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