86th Street & Bay 10th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 10th Street is in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Dyker Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about nine 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 14 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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86th Street & Bay 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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/15 Av, 170 feet away, for the B1.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/15 Av B1 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11228
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
47 and 50 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 86th Street (north side).

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Bay 10th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 10th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 314474 and 314689.

Schools, parks 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 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Purple Crayon Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    90 feet
  2. District 20 Pre-K Center at 21 Bay 11th Street Pre-K center
    540 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dyker Beach Park
    1,120 feet
  2. Dyker Playground
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Utrecht Reformed Church Complex (Boundary Increase) Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    110 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 13 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:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.