64th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 64th Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bais Esther School 2 is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
920 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
Bay Pkwy/64 St · B6
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
64th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 920 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    920 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 18 Av N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sea City Spin” (2019) by David Storey at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/64 St, 910 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/64 St B6
    910 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 21st Avenue

  • Ambulances only 1 sign AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 64th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 64th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Esther School 2 School
    540 feet
  2. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst School
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Magen David Synagogue Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6409 20th Avenue Older adult center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 15 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 64th Street.

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