Cropsey Avenue & Bay 23rd Street

Cropsey Avenue and Bay 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Benson Playground is 620 feet away. The nearest subway, 20 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 20 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1948, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
20 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Cropsey Av/Bay 25 St · X28, X38
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cropsey Avenue & Bay 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 20 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 20 Av D
    0.4 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, 440 feet away, for the X28 and X38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. X28 …
  2. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 1493 Shore Parkway Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 23rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay 23rd Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 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
    680 feet
  2. P.S. 200 Benson School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benson Playground
    620 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Park
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. 62nd Precinct Police station
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. 20th Ave Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 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:

See every intersection along Bay 23rd 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.