Avenue O & West 11th Street

Avenue O and West 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square is 450 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and 22 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
940 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Bay Pkwy/71 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    940 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/71 St, 170 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/71 St B6
    170 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    180 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 316069.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    390 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    530 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    900 feet
  2. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,130 feet
  3. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,150 feet
  4. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  5. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    450 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    870 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 11th 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.