84th Street & 23rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 84th Street and 23rd Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Peter Catholic Academy is 130 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,300 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
86 St/23 Av · B1
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
84th Street & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,300 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    1,300 feet
    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, 580 feet away, for the B1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 0.7 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
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
12 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 1937.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 23rd Avenue

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

North side of 84th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 84th Street

  • No parking 10 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.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    130 feet
  2. ABC Little Star Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,230 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Bensonhur Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 29 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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Avenue or 84th 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.