Benson Avenue & Bay 25th Street

Benson Avenue and Bay 25th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sons Israel Congregation is 710 feet away, and Bath Beach Post Office is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 47 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Bath Av/20 Av · B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & Bay 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    1,030 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bath Av/20 Av, 870 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/20 Av B64
    870 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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
    1,210 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2020
  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1962.

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
  • 36 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 2015 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 25th Street

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

West side of Bay 25th Street

  • 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-9AM 2PM-3PM

North side of Benson Avenue

  • No parking 4 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: 309456 and 313574.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    580 feet
  2. Elite High School
    800 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    800 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 200 Benson School
    940 feet
  2. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,080 feet
  3. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    710 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    930 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bath Beach Post Office
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,050 feet
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 47 places to eat and 14 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 Bay 25th Street 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.