86th Street & Bay 31st Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 31st Street is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Peter Catholic Academy is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 49 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
240 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
86 St/Bay Pkwy · B1
Within a walk
9 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Bay 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    240 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
    0.3 miles
    D
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    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/Bay Pkwy, 230 feet away, for the B1.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Bay Pkwy B1 · Countdown sign
    230 feet
    B1
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 49 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8779 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and March 2020, 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 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Bay 31st 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 31st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306780, 308592, 309143 and 309970.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. American General Training Trade or language school
    910 feet
  2. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    1,090 feet
  3. ABC Little Star Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 7
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Bensonhur Trade or language school
    1,230 feet
  2. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,250 feet
  3. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet
  4. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    280 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    390 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 35 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 31st 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.