Bath Avenue & 27th Avenue

Bath Avenue and 27th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Prep Upper Elementary School is 550 feet away, and Kingsborough Early College School is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay 50 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
820 feet
Harway Av/27 Av · B64
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bath Avenue & 27th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Bay 50 St D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/27 Av, 820 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harway Av/27 Av B64
    820 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1 mile

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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Bath Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bath Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Prep Upper Elementary School
    550 feet
  2. High School of Sports Management School
    1,290 feet
  3. International High School at Lafayette School
    1,290 feet
Show all 6
  1. Kingsborough Early College School
    1,290 feet
  2. Leaders High School
    1,290 feet
  3. Life Academy High School for Business and Technology School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    950 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    1,030 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulmer Park Library
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Most Precious Blood Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Marlboro Jewish Center House of worship
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Avenue or Bath Avenue.

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