73rd Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 73rd Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 247 Brooklyn is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and ten places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/21 Av · B4
Within a walk
4 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
73rd 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 eight 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 Ridge Pkwy/21 Av, 640 feet away, for the B4.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Ridge Pkwy/21 Av B4
    640 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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, 1.3 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

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
32 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 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 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

North side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

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

East side of 73rd Street

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

North side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 73rd Street

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

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    760 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and four 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 73rd 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.