Bay Parkway & 68th Street

Bay Parkway and 68th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about two minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 31 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
500 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Bay Pkwy/67 St · B6
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    500 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “People's Instinctive Travels: Homage to the Tribe” (2019) by Eamon Ore-Giron at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/67 St, 170 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/67 St B6 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    170 feet
    B6
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    830 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Bay Parkway (east side).

North side of 68th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 68th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bay Parkway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308585, 308643, 312589 and 315302.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    230 feet
  2. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  3. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    900 feet
  2. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  3. Bais Esther School 2 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 26 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Street or Bay Parkway.

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