Bay Parkway & 70th Street

Bay Parkway and 70th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square is 750 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools, and 24 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
15 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av · B6
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,010 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/Bay Ridge Av, 150 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Av B6
    150 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    310 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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
29 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 70th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 70th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Bay Parkway

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8AM-8:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311958.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. District 20 Pre-K Center at 2165 71st Street Pre-K center
    380 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    740 feet
  3. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    750 feet
Show all 7
  1. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    960 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,280 feet
  4. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    750 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    460 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Street or Bay Parkway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.