73rd Street & Bay Parkway

The three-way junction of 73rd Street and Bay Parkway is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1934, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
73rd Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.3 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/W 12 St, 250 feet away, for the B6.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    650 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017

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
26 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 1934.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 73rd Street

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

South side of 73rd Street

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

West side of Bay Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    790 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    930 feet
Show all 7
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    930 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    1,010 feet
  3. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    1,150 feet
  4. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    80 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 73rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.