86th Street & Bay Parkway

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Bay Parkway is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 2,463 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bensonhurst Young Israel is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
37 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
80 feet · 1 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
86 St/Bay Pkwy · B1
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 80 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    80 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, 60 feet away, for the B1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 44 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
    0.3 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 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 37 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 7 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,463 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 357th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,232 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
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1960.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 57 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Bay Parkway (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Bay Parkway (west side).

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 12 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of Bay Parkway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305937, 306780, 308592, 309266, 314389 and 315540.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. American General Training Trade or language school
    640 feet
  2. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    970 feet
  3. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 7
  1. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  2. Aspiring Minds BP Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,110 feet
  3. Elite High School
    1,300 feet
  4. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    120 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 32 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 86th Street or Bay Parkway.

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.