86th Street & 17th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and 17th Avenue is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 698 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. New Utrecht Library is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
1,090 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
86 St/17 Av · B1
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & 17th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 1,090 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    1,090 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
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. 20 Av D
    0.4 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, 120 feet away, for the B1.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/17 Av B1
    120 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1601 86th Street Gas station
    1,020 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    720 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 698 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 983rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 352 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 17th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-8:30AM

South side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305692 and 320240.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars School
    1,040 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 21 Bay 11th Street Pre-K center
    1,170 feet
  3. P.S. 163 Bath Beach School
    1,180 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Utrecht Library
    560 feet
  2. New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,080 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 86th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.