77th Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 77th Street and 20th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 857 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. In 2026, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Sinai Academic Center is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Bay Ridge Pkwy/20 Av · B4
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
77th Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Ridge Pkwy/20 Av, 640 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 857 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Northbound on 20th Avenue600
Eastbound on 77th Street257
Total857

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 38 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets · Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
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 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

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

North side of 77th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 77th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    310 feet
  2. Sinai Academic Center School
    730 feet
  3. P.S. 186 Dr. Irving a Gladstone School
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th Avenue or 77th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.