82nd Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 82nd Street and 23rd Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yesodot Hatorah is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Bay Pkwy/83 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
82nd Street & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy 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. 25 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/83 St, 970 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/83 St B6, B82
    970 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 82nd Street

  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 82nd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 82nd Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    650 feet
  2. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Aspiring Minds BP Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
Show all 6
  1. ABC Little Star Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    1,180 feet
  3. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten 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 23rd 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.