86th Street & Bay 28th Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 28th Street is in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bensonhurst Young Israel is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 61 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
480 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
86 St/21 Av · B1
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Bay 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    480 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av D
    1,020 feet
    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/21 Av, 240 feet away, for the B1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 47 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, 0.6 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Princeton' American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and June 2025, 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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Bay 28th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bay 28th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307710, 309065, 311094 and 313926.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 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. American General Training Trade or language school
    110 feet
  2. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. Elite High School
    770 feet
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  1. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. Angel Star Childcare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  4. Brooklyn Studio Secondary School
    1,020 feet
  5. P.S. 128 Bensonhurst School
    1,020 feet
  6. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    440 feet
  2. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    380 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 61 places to eat and 27 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 28th 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.