Cropsey Avenue & 23rd Avenue

Cropsey Avenue and 23rd Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 is 160 feet away, and Coney Island Prep Charter Lower Elementary School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cropsey Av/23 Av, is 120 feet away for the B6, B82, X28 and X38, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1,100 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Cropsey Av/23 Av · B6, B82, X28, X38
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 nursing homes or hospices and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cropsey Avenue & 23rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/23 Av, 120 feet away, for the B6, B82, X28 and X38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cropsey Av/23 Av B6, B82, X28, X38 · Shelter
    120 feet
    B6 B82 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …
  3. X28 …
  4. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Cropsey Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack 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, 1,100 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2225 Bath Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
47
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 107 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Cropsey Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. HLA2 School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 School
    160 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter Lower Elementary School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bensonhurst Park
    860 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Park Playground
    940 feet

Health care

  1. King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    340 feet
  2. Haym Solomon Home for the Aged Nursing home or hospice
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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 23rd Avenue or Cropsey Avenue.

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