83rd Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 23rd Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Peter Catholic Academy is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
86 St/23 Av · B1
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd 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 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. 25 Av D
    0.4 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/23 Av, 840 feet away, for the B1.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/23 Av B1
    840 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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
    0.4 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

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
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
14 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 44 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 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 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 23rd Avenue

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

East side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of 83rd Street

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

South side of 83rd Street

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

West side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    390 feet
  2. ABC Little Star Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
Show all 5
  1. Aspiring Minds BP Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    790 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 16 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 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.