Cropsey Avenue & Bay 19th Street

Cropsey Avenue and Bay 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Heartshare Education Center is 790 feet away. The nearest subway, 18 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Cropsey Avenue & Bay 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 18 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 18 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Southbound
1 line
  1. D …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bensonhurst Gardens” (2012) by Francesco Simeti at the 18 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/Cropsey Av, 270 feet away, for the B8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 18 Av/Cropsey Av B8
    270 feet
    B8

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 1763 86th Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers and four fast chargers
    0.5 miles

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
Bath Beach
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 19th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 19th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    690 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    790 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bath Beach Park
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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