Benson Avenue & Bay 31st Street

Benson Avenue and Bay 31st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sons Israel Congregation is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay Pkwy
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Bay Pkwy/Benson Av · B6, B82
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Benson Avenue & Bay 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Bay Pkwy 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. 20 Av D
    0.5 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, 360 feet away, for the B6 and B82.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Benson Av B6, B82 · Countdown sign
    360 feet
    B6 B82
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …

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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 8779 Bay Parkway Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

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)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 31st Street

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

West side of Bay 31st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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: 309143 and 309970.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. American-European Child Care Day Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    510 feet
  2. Elite High School
    930 feet
  3. Merkaz Bnos Trade or language school
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sons Israel Congregation House of worship
    890 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Young Israel House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 25 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 31st Street or Benson Avenue.

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