Cropsey Avenue & Bay 37th Street
Cropsey Avenue and Bay 37th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Prep Charter Lower Elementary School is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cropsey Av/Bay 37 St, is 80 feet away for the B82 SBS, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Cropsey Av/Bay 37 St, 80 feet away, for the B82 SBS.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Cropsey Av/Bay 37 St B82 SBS · Shelter80 feetB82 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- B82 SBS …
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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station860 feet
- 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 September 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)
- Gravesend (West)
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1972.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 29 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 37th Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Bay 37th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of Cropsey Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Cropsey Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTen public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Coney Island Prep Charter Lower Elementary School460 feet
- I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro School460 feet
- HLA2 School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,120 feet
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- Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bath Playground410 feet
Health care
- Haym Solomon Home for the Aged Nursing home or hospice940 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.
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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Harway Avenue & Bay 37th Street 70 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 38th Street 280 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 37th Street 310 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 38th Street 320 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 24th Avenue 420 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 35th Street 500 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 25th Avenue 560 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 38th Street 590 feet
See every intersection along Bay 37th Street or Cropsey Avenue.