66th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 66th Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
880 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Bay Pkwy/W 8 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
66th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    880 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.3 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/W 8 St, 940 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/W 8 St B6
    940 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and September 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

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

North side of 66th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 66th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307518 and 315777.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Romanesque Revival, and built between 1920 and 1921.

  1. Magen David Synagogue Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst School
    680 feet
  2. Bais Esther School 2 School
    780 feet
  3. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 7
  1. P.S. 205 Clarion School
    1,040 feet
  2. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,180 feet
  3. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,200 feet
  4. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. United States Post Office-Parkville Station Listed historic place
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6409 20th Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 66th Street.

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