Bath Avenue & Bay 26th Street

Bath Avenue and Bay 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Benson Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them schools, and 26 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Bath Av/21 Av · B64
Within a walk
8 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bath Avenue & Bay 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.5 miles
    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/21 Av, 310 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/21 Av B64 · Shelter
    310 feet
    B64
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Bath Avenue.

  • 21 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2061 Bath Avenue Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2023

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)
Bath Beach
Elevation
23 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 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Bath Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Bath Avenue

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

East side of Bay 26th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Bay 26th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308133 and 316051.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Elite High School
    1,260 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 200 Benson School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    830 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Park
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bath Avenue or Bay 26th Street.

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