Belt Parkway & 26th Avenue
Belt Parkway and 26th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvert Vaux Park is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North, is 170 feet away for the B6, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North, 170 feet away, for the B6.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North B6170 feetB6
Next buses at this stop
- B6 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 60 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (South)
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1967.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- National Association of Family Development Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K770 feet
- Block Institute School Preschool1,120 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Calvert Vaux Park760 feet
- Calvert Vaux Park Playground1,070 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Parkway Jewish Center House of worship770 feet
Other stores
- BJ's Wholesale Club Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Ceasar's Bay Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Parkway & 26th Avenue 110 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 41st Street 430 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 26th Avenue 450 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 40th Street 670 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 43rd Street 680 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 41st Street 700 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 44th Street 700 feet
- Harway Avenue & 26th Avenue 950 feet
See every intersection along 26th Avenue or Belt Parkway.