Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 11th Street

Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 11th Street meet at a three-way junction in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Joel Samuels Plaza by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Brighton Jewish Center is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
370 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Coney Island Av/Brighton Beach Av · B68
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Brighton Beach Avenue & Brighton 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 370 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    370 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Brighton Beach Av, 190 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Brighton Beach Av B68
    190 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Brighton Beach
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Joel Samuels Plaza, a co-naming enacted on November 30, 1992 (Local Law 91 of 1992).

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Joel Samuels Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2023 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Brighton Beach Avenue (south side).

East side of Brighton 11th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

West side of Brighton 11th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 5PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 6AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-8PM ALL DAYS
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Brighton Beach Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304500, 305650, 309458 and 315264.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Cinderella Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. International Development Institute, Trade or language school
    680 feet
  3. M.S. Sunshine Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Ip Training Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  3. ABC Plus Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  4. P.S. K225 - the Eileen E. Zaglin School
    1,200 feet
  5. P.S. K771 School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Tilyou Playground
    100 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Brighton Jewish Center House of worship
    170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Shorefront YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    70 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    270 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 34 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Brighton 11th Street or Brighton Beach Avenue.

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