Avenue O & West 7th Street

Avenue O and West 7th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1935, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
130 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue O & West 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 130 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy N
    130 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave P F
    0.5 miles
    F

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/65 St, 1,150 feet away, for the B6.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    1,150 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1927 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

South side of Avenue O

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

East side of West 7th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of West 7th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308446, 311117, 311801 and 312037.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    350 feet
  2. Elyon College
    350 feet
  3. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    630 feet
Show all 7
  1. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  2. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  3. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,020 feet
  4. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    270 feet
  2. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,050 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 26 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue O or West 7th 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.