Benson Avenue & 26th Avenue

Benson Avenue and 26th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. High School of Sports Management is 690 feet away, and Leaders High School is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
86 St/Stillwell Av · B1, B3, B4
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & 26th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Rediscovery” (2012) by Amy Cheng at the 25 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Stillwell Av, 850 feet away, for the B1, B3 and B4.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Stillwell Av B1, B3, B4 · Shelter
    850 feet
    B1 B3 B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B3 …
  3. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
60 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. High School of Sports Management School
    690 feet
  2. International High School at Lafayette School
    690 feet
  3. Kingsborough Early College School
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Leaders High School
    690 feet
  2. Life Academy High School for Business and Technology School
    690 feet
  3. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lafayette Playground
    310 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    780 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Meucci Triangle
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulmer Park Library
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,090 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 26th Avenue or Benson Avenue.

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