Harway Avenue & Bay 43rd Street

Harway Avenue and Bay 43rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Shore Parkway Jewish Center is 250 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1987, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Harway Avenue & Bay 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Bay 50 St D
    0.4 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/Bay 43 St, 110 feet away, for the B64.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harway Av/Bay 43 St B64
    110 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.9 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1987.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 43rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Bay 43rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Harway Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Harway Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. National Association of Family Development Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    250 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Upper Elementary School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Calvert Vaux Park
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ulmer Park Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Shore Parkway Jewish Center House of worship
    250 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood Church House of worship
    1,050 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.