Harway Avenue & Bay 40th Street
Harway Avenue and Bay 40th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Harway Av/Bay 41 St, is 160 feet away for the B64, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/Bay 41 St, 160 feet away, for the B64.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Harway Av/Bay 41 St B64160 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
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.
- 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station680 feet
- 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 May 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 62
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (West)
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1963.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 22 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 40th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of Bay 40th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
North side of Harway Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
South side of Harway Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- National Association of Family Development Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K770 feet
- Coney Island Prep Charter Lower Elementary School1,160 feet
- I.S. 281 Joseph B Cavallaro School1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bath Playground1,120 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Ulmer Park Library1,260 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Parkway Jewish Center House of worship770 feet
Supermarkets
- V&W Supermarket Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Bay 41st Street & Harway Avenue 250 feet
- 25th Avenue & Harway Avenue 260 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 40th Street 310 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 25th Avenue 490 feet
- Harway Avenue & 26th Avenue 520 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 38th Street 530 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 41st Street 580 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 40th Street 600 feet
See every intersection along Bay 40th Street or Harway Avenue.