Benson Avenue & Bay 10th Street
Benson Avenue and Bay 10th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dyker Beach Park is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 86 St/15 Av, is 860 feet away for the B1, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 86 St/15 Av, 860 feet away, for the B1.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 86 St/15 Av B1 · Shelter860 feetB1
Next buses at this stop
- B1 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1601 86th Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11228
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 50
- Police precinct
- 62
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bath Beach
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 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 1925 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 28 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 10th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Bay 10th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Benson Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Youngermusik Preschool, ages 2 to 5850 feet
- The Purple Crayon Preschool, ages 2 to 5880 feet
- District 20 Pre-K Center at 21 Bay 11th Street Pre-K center960 feet
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- P.S. 229 Dyker School1,010 feet
- P.S. 748 Brooklyn School for Global Scholars School1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Dyker Beach Park1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Dynasty Supermarket950 feet
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy770 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and nine food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Benson Avenue & Bay 11th Street 250 feet
- 15th Avenue & Benson Avenue 260 feet
- 16th Avenue & Benson Avenue 520 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 8th Street 520 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 7th Street 780 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 10th Street 780 feet
- 86th Street & Bay 10th Street 790 feet
- Benson Avenue & Bay 13th Street 810 feet
See every intersection along Bay 10th Street or Benson Avenue.