Bay Parkway & Benson Avenue

Bay Parkway and Benson Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 4,820 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Elite High School is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about three minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
830 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Bay Pkwy/Benson Av · B6, B82
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & Benson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    830 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree of Life” (2012) by Xin Song at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/Benson Av, 110 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Benson Av B6, B82
    110 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8779 Bay Parkway Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 27 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 April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,820 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 170th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,564 more were issued.

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
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,200 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay Parkway

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

North side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309266 and 313940.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    240 feet
  2. Elite High School
    660 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    620 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 19 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 Bay Parkway or Benson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.