79th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 79th Street and 21st Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sinai Academic Center is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1922 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Bay Pkwy/79 St · B6, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree of Life” (2012) by Xin Song at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/79 St, 790 feet away, for the B6, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/79 St B6, B82, B82 SBS
    790 feet
    B6 B82 B82 SBS

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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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 November 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 1922 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 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
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and April 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 79th Street

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

North side of 79th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413867.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Sinai Academic Center School
    570 feet
  2. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe School
    990 feet
  3. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,080 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
    790 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, 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 21st 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.