Bay Ridge Avenue & 20th Avenue

Bay Ridge Avenue and 20th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst is 880 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Bay Pkwy/W 10 St · B6
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Avenue & 20th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Sea City Spin” (2019) by David Storey at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/W 10 St, 0.3 miles away, for the B6.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/W 10 St B6
    0.3 miles
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 29 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, October 2021

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1926 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 20th Avenue (west side).

East side of 20th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

West side of 20th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

North side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bay Ridge Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304929 and 309156.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Romanesque Revival, and built between 1920 and 1921.

  1. Magen David Synagogue Designated landmark
    650 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Puzzle Pieces Early Intervention Program Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    200 feet
  2. Angel Star Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  3. P.S. 205 Clarion School
    450 feet
Show all 7
  1. Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst School
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 247 Brooklyn School
    1,060 feet
  3. Generation 21 NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  4. Brooklyn Chinese American Association Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. United States Post Office-Parkville Station Listed historic place
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 6409 20th Avenue Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 20th Avenue or Bay Ridge Avenue.

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