83rd Street & Bay Parkway

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and Bay Parkway is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
830 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bay Pkwy/83 St · B6, B82
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    830 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av D
    0.4 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 Bay Pkwy/83 St, 110 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 0.6 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
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Bay Parkway

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

West side of Bay Parkway

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Aspiring Minds BP Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe School
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    1,110 feet
  2. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    1,110 feet
  3. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    790 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 14 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 83rd Street or Bay Parkway.

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.