Cropsey Avenue & Bay 17th Street
Cropsey Avenue and Bay 17th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bath Beach Park is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cropsey Av/Bay 17 St, is 120 feet away for the B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/Bay 17 St, 120 feet away, for the B8.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cropsey Av/Bay 17 St B8120 feetB8
Next buses at this stop
- B8 …
Cycling
- 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Bay 8th Street & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station1,230 feet
- 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers0.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
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)
- Bath Beach
- Elevation
- 19 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,400 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 30 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 17th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Bay 17th Street
- No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Cropsey Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of Cropsey Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- New Sunflower Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,050 feet
- Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 51,150 feet
- Heartshare Education Center School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bath Beach Park750 feet
- Bath Beach Park Playground1,030 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket810 feet
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 14 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:
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 16th Street 250 feet
- 18th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue 270 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 19th Street 490 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 17th Avenue 520 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 17th Street 600 feet
- Bay 16th Street & 17th Court 710 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 20th Street 780 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 14th Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Bay 17th Street or Cropsey Avenue.