Benson Avenue & 21st Avenue

Benson Avenue and 21st Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Elite High School is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Bath Av/21 Av · B64
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. 20 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree of Life” (2012) by Xin Song at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/21 Av, 750 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/21 Av B64 · Shelter
    750 feet
    B64
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2061 Bath Avenue Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bath Beach
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 21st Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Benson Avenue

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

South side of Benson Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310734 and 312907.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Elite High School
    280 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    280 feet
  3. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    560 feet
Show all 6
  1. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. American General Training Trade or language school
    890 feet
  3. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    200 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or Benson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.