Bay Parkway & 71st Street

Bay Parkway and 71st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and 22 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
14 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Bay Pkwy/71 St · B6
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    1,060 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/71 St, 140 feet away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/71 St B6
    140 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Turn calming, November 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
28 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 71st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Bay Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

South side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 309925.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 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
    270 feet
  2. Yeshiva Machzikei Hadas 3 School
    650 feet
  3. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    1,010 feet
Show all 8
  1. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,020 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    1,020 feet
  3. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,030 feet
  4. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    490 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bnai Isaac Congregation House of worship
    490 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Street, Bay Parkway or West 11th Street.

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.