Bath Avenue & Bay 19th Street

Bath Avenue and Bay 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Christy Principale Place by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heartshare Education Center is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
18 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Bath Av/18 Av · B64
Within a walk
12 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bath Avenue & Bay 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av 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 “Bensonhurst Gardens” (2012) by Francesco Simeti at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/18 Av, 90 feet away, for the B64.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/18 Av B64
    90 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 20 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.4 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2021

About this corner

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

This corner is also named Christy Principale Place, a co-naming enacted on December 21, 2004 (Local Law 63 of 2004).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1916 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the dawn redwood.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Christy Principale Place.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and January 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Bay 19th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Bay 19th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308632 and 322100.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    110 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    220 feet
  3. New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bath Beach Post Office
    1,050 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    290 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,220 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bath Avenue or Bay 19th Street.

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