79th Street & 19th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 19th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 186 Dr. Irving a Gladstone is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, 79 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
79 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
18 Av/79 St · B8
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 19th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 79 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 79 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 18 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. 20 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “A Continuous Thread” (2012) by Susanna Starr at the 79 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/79 St, 790 feet away, for the B8.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/79 St B8
    790 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 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 January 2026.

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
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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 19th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 79th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 79th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 79th Street

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

West side of 79th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 186 Dr. Irving a Gladstone School
    770 feet
  2. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Sinai Academic Center School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Milestone Park
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 7711 18th Avenue Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 12 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 19th Avenue or 79th 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.