82nd Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 82nd Street and 20th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sinai Academic Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and 27 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
1,080 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,090 feet
86 St/20 Av · B1
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
82nd Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    1,080 feet
    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. Bay Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    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 86 St/20 Av, 1,090 feet away, for the B1.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/20 Av B1
    1,090 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Cropsey 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38 and 43 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 20th Avenue

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

West side of 20th Avenue

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

North side of 82nd Street

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

South side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sinai Academic Center School
    1,150 feet
  2. Angel Star Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 12 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 20th Avenue or 82nd Street.

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