Bay Ridge Parkway & Bay Parkway

Bay Ridge Parkway and Bay Parkway meet at a three-way junction in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1939, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
18 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Bay Pkwy/Bay Ridge Pkwy · B6
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay Ridge Parkway & Bay Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.5 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/Bay Ridge Pkwy, 60 feet away, for the B6.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,500 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 1939.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 111 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bay Parkway

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

North side of Bay Ridge Parkway

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

South side of Bay Ridge Parkway

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    180 feet
  2. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    610 feet
  3. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,000 feet
  2. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    1,090 feet
  4. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay Parkway or Bay Ridge Parkway.

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