68th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 68th Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 205 Clarion is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
960 feet
Bay Pkwy/67 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
68th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,280 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
    0.4 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/67 St, 960 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/67 St B6 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    960 feet
    B6
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and May 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 68th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 68th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308585 and 312589.

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
    670 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    690 feet
  3. P.S. 205 Clarion School
    770 feet
Show all 9
  1. Angel Star Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst School
    840 feet
  3. Puzzle Pieces Early Intervention Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  4. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,020 feet
  5. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    1,300 feet
  6. Bais Esther School 2 School
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. United States Post Office-Parkville Station Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,290 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 68th Street.

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