65th Street & West 2nd Street

The three-way junction of 65th Street and West 2nd Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 1,416 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 330/Ladder 172 firehouse is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
McDonald Av/Av P · B90
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & West 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave P F
    1,190 feet
    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 N F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Av P, 1,150 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Av P B90
    1,150 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 1,416 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 581st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 741 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Northbound on 65th Street758341
Southbound on 65th Street658400
Total1,416741

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1932.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. A Lot to Learn Training Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 177 the Marlboro School
    1,130 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    1,050 feet
  3. Elyon College
    1,300 feet
  4. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    280 feet
  2. Dahill Triangle
    1,060 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    720 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 65th Street or West 2nd Street.

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