Bay Parkway & West 7th Street

Bay Parkway and West 7th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Engine 330/Ladder 172 firehouse is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
240 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Bay Pkwy/65 St · B6
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Parkway & West 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 240 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    240 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av N
    0.4 miles
    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/65 St, 40 feet away, for the B6.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/65 St B6
    40 feet
    B6

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 7021 Bay Parkway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the dawn redwood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and October 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 (west side).

East side of Bay Parkway

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Taxi stand 1 sign TAXI STAND

East side of West 7th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

West side of West 7th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308452, 311117 and 311801.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. Dreamland Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Hebrew Academy for Special Children School
    540 feet
  3. Bais Esther School 2 School
    640 feet
Show all 9
  1. Little Sunshine Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Kids Unlimited Pt,ot & SLP Preschool
    1,000 feet
  3. Elyon College
    1,130 feet
  4. Merkaz Bnos/Bnos Chava High School
    1,130 feet
  5. St Athanasius Catholic Academy School
    1,150 feet
  6. Kings Pointe Talent Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Athanasius Church House of worship
    1,140 feet
  2. Masjid Bait Ul Tahir House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 330/Ladder 172 Fire station
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 25 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Parkway or West 7th Street.

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.