Benson Avenue & Bay 26th Street

Benson Avenue and Bay 26th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 47 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bensonhurst Young Israel is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about five 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 35 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
1,280 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,020 feet
Bath Av/21 Av · B64
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & Bay 26th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 1,280 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    1,280 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
    0.3 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/21 Av, 1,020 feet away, for the B64.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bath Av/21 Av B64 · Shelter
    1,020 feet
    B64
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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
    980 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 47 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,834th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 38 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 26th Street

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

West side of Bay 26th 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 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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: 308463 and 309333.

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
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Elite High School
    540 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    820 feet
Show all 7
  1. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. New Century Steps Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    830 feet
  3. American General Training Trade or language school
    1,150 feet
  4. P.S. 200 Benson School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 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 Bay 26th Street or Benson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.