Bath Avenue & Bay 23rd Street

Bath Avenue and Bay 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 26 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here through August 27. Benson Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Bath Av/20 Av · B64
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bath Avenue & Bay 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/20 Av, 170 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/20 Av B64
    170 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 26 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 26 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and April 2025, 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

East side of Bay 23rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 23rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308826 and 313590.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. P.S. 200 Benson School
    520 feet
  3. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
Show all 4
  1. Heartshare Education Center School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    50 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bath Beach Post Office
    1,160 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bath Avenue or Bay 23rd Street.

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