Cropsey Avenue & Bay 28th Street

Cropsey Avenue and Bay 28th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bath Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay Pkwy, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1958, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Cropsey Avenue & Bay 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  1. Bay Pkwy 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 “Tree of Life” (2012) by Xin Song at the Bay Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/Cropsey Av, 580 feet away, for the B6.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/Cropsey Av B6
    580 feet
    B6

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 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, 840 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 2061 Bath Avenue Gas station
    1,010 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
    0.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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 1,700 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 1958.

Since 2014 at least 107 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 139 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 28th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Bay 28th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. HLA2 School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bensonhurst Park
    70 feet
  2. Bensonhurst Park Playground
    430 feet

Health care

  1. King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    910 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Ceasar's Bay Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 14 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 nearest of the 10 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.