86th Street & Bay 26th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 26th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and is also named Herb Berman Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 71 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
86 St/21 Av · B1
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Bay 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    490 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    1,000 feet
    D
  2. 18 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/21 Av, 250 feet away, for the B1.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/21 Av B1
    250 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 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. 2061 Bath Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
25 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Herb Berman Way, a co-naming enacted on May 23, 2006 (Local Law 13 of 2006).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Herb Berman Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

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

South side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Bay 26th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bay 26th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307039, 308463, 309333 and 313343.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. American General Training Trade or language school
    510 feet
Show all 8
  1. Angel Star Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    850 feet
  2. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    1,020 feet
  4. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    1,300 feet
  5. Elite High School
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    740 feet
  2. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    740 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 71 places to eat and 25 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 86th Street or Bay 26th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.