83rd Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 21st 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 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 21 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
86 St/21 Av · B1
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd Street & 21st 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 six 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. 20 Av D
    0.3 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 86 St/21 Av, 830 feet away, for the B1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/21 Av B1
    830 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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. 2061 Bath Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 4 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 June 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
21 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 1939.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

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

West side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 9 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    320 feet
  3. Angel Star Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  2. Aspiring Minds BP Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  3. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. American General Training Trade or language school
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,280 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and eight 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 21st 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.