Benson Avenue & Bay 28th Street

Benson Avenue and Bay 28th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sons Israel Congregation is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about five minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Bay Pkwy/Benson Av · B6, B82
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & Bay 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay Pkwy, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    1,260 feet
    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 Bay Pkwy/Benson Av, 600 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Benson Av B6, B82
    600 feet
    B6 B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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, 0.4 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. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • 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)
Bensonhurst
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 28th Street

  • 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 Bay 28th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 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: 311094 and 313926.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Elite High School
    130 feet
  2. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    130 feet
  3. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    300 feet
Show all 5
  1. American General Training Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. My Sunshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    110 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    360 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    900 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,110 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay 28th 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.