83rd Street & 20th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 20th Avenue is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 46 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
83rd Street & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    820 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
    0.4 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, 830 feet away, for the B1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/20 Av B1
    830 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 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 83rd Street

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

South side of 83rd Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    740 feet
  3. Angel Star Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Little Berries Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. Daisy's Fun House II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  3. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    570 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    890 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 13 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 20th Avenue or 83rd 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.