85th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 85th Street and 17th Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare is 530 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
850 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
86 St/17 Av · B1
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    850 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 79 St D
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 20 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bensonhurst Gardens” (2012) by Francesco Simeti at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/17 Av, 370 feet away, for the B1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/17 Av B1
    370 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 Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1601 86th Street Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    640 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
38 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1935.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 85th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 85th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Little Sunshine Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet

Health care

  1. Bensonhurst Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Nursing home or hospice
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Utrecht Library
    640 feet
  2. New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    800 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 21 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 17th Avenue or 85th 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.