74th Street & Bay Parkway

The three-way junction of 74th Street and Bay Parkway is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. The Academy of Talented Scholars is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and six places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Pkwy · B6
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
74th 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 six 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/Bay Ridge Pkwy, 260 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Pkwy B6
    260 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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
    920 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 136 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 74th Street

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

South side of 74th Street

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

West side of Bay Parkway

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    460 feet
  2. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    890 feet
  3. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    890 feet
Show all 9
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    1,050 feet
  2. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,190 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    1,190 feet
  4. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    1,270 feet
  5. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,270 feet
  6. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    80 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine 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 74th 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.