Bay View Avenue & West 37th Street

Bay View Avenue and West 37th Street meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Creek Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, W 37 St/Bay View Av, is 100 feet away for the B36 and B74, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1980, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
W 37 St/Bay View Av · B36, B74
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 nature area and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bay View Avenue & West 37th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 37 St/Bay View Av, 100 feet away, for the B36 and B74.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 37 St/Bay View Av B36, B74
    100 feet
    B36 B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B74 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1965 and 1980.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Emerald Avenue' European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of West 37th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Five Stars Child Care 2 Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Creek Park Nature area
    40 feet
  2. Kaiser Park
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay View Avenue or West 37th Street.

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