Cropsey Avenue & Bay 20th Street

Cropsey Avenue and Bay 20th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Benson Playground is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 18 Av/Cropsey Av, is 560 feet away for the B8, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
18 Av/Cropsey Av · B8
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cropsey Avenue & Bay 20th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 18 Av/Cropsey Av, 560 feet away, for the B8.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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
    450 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1946.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 20th Street

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

West side of Bay 20th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Cropsey Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • 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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  2. Heartshare Education Center School
    890 feet
  3. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bath Beach Post Office
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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:

See every intersection along Bay 20th Street or Cropsey Avenue.

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.