Cropsey Avenue & Bay 22nd Street

Cropsey Avenue and Bay 22nd 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. It is 700 feet to the 62nd Precinct. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1916 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Cropsey Avenue & Bay 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 20 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 “Kaleidoscope” (2012) by Odili Donald Odita at the 20 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/Bay 25 St, 700 feet away, for the X28 and X38.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cropsey Av/Bay 25 St X28, X38
    700 feet
    X28 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. X28 …
  2. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1907 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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 1916 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 22nd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 22nd Street

  • No parking 10 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 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich Music, Art and Sport School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. P.S. 200 Benson School
    1,110 feet
  3. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    700 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.