71st Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 71st 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. Bnai Isaac Congregation is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Bay Pkwy/71 St · B6
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
71st Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy 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 “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/71 St, 930 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/71 St B6
    930 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
35 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

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

East side of 21st Avenue

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

West side of 21st Avenue

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

North side of 71st Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 71st Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    240 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    670 feet
  3. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 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 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.