72nd Street & Bay Parkway

The three-way junction of 72nd Street and Bay Parkway is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Pkwy/W 12 St · B6
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
72nd Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,150 feet
    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/W 12 St, 40 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/W 12 St B6
    40 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 72nd Street

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

South side of 72nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    530 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    750 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    860 feet
Show all 7
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    860 feet
  2. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet
  3. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,270 feet
  4. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 72nd Street or Bay Parkway.

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