78th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bay Pkwy/78 St, is 820 feet away for the B6, B82 and B82 SBS, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and three places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Bay Pkwy/78 St · B6, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/78 St, 820 feet away, for the B6, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/78 St B6, B82, B82 SBS · Shelter
    820 feet
    B6 B82 B82 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1923 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 64 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

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

North side of 21st Avenue

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

South side of 21st Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY SATURDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Avenue

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

East side of 78th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 78th Street

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

South side of 78th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 78th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 426204.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Sinai Academic Center School
    670 feet
  2. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  3. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 78th Street.

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