72nd Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 72nd Street and 20th 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. P.S. 247 Brooklyn is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about nine 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 nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/20 Av · B4
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd 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 nine 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, 900 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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
    0.4 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 six crashes at this corner, fewer 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 July 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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 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
  • 9 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 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

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of 72nd Street

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

South side of 72nd 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 zone: 315502.

Schools 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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Puzzle Pieces Early Intervention Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  2. Angel Star Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 205 Clarion School
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 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 72nd 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.