71st Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 71st Street and 20th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 205 Clarion is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/20 Av · B4
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. 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 Ridge Pkwy/20 Av, 1,160 feet away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/20 Av B4
    1,160 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 20th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 71st Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309337 and 315502.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Puzzle Pieces Early Intervention Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. Angel Star Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 205 Clarion School
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Pharmacies

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 20th Avenue or 71st 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.