Bath Avenue & 23rd Avenue

Bath Avenue and 23rd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them nursing homes or hospices, and eight places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Bath Av/23 Av · B64
Within a walk
7 places
2 nursing homes or hospices, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bath Avenue & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 Bath Av/23 Av, 120 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/23 Av B64
    120 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 4 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2225 Bath Avenue Gas station
    520 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1924 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Bath Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bath Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. HLA2 School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bath Playground
    840 feet

Health care

  1. King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,020 feet
  2. Haym Solomon Home for the Aged Nursing home or hospice
    1,070 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Avenue or Bath Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYC Finance and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.