Harway Avenue & Bay 47th Street
Harway Avenue and Bay 47th 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. Calvert Vaux Park is 1,190 feet away, and Shore Parkway Jewish Center is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 1,080 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.
- Bay 50 St D1,080 feetD
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- D …
Coney Island
1 line- D …
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/Bay 47 St, 100 feet away, for the B64.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Harway Av/Bay 47 St B64100 feetB64
Next buses at this stop
- B64 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.8 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.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 47
- 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Bay 47th Street
- No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of Bay 47th Street
- No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
North side of Harway Avenue
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Harway Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Coney Island Prep Upper Elementary School700 feet
- P.S. 212 Lady Deborah Moody School940 feet
- National Association of Family Development Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Calvert Vaux Park1,190 feet
Houses of worship
- Most Precious Blood Church House of worship440 feet
- Shore Parkway Jewish Center House of worship1,280 feet
- Marlboro Jewish Center House of worship1,290 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Harway Avenue & Bay 46th Street 250 feet
- Harway Avenue & 28th Avenue 260 feet
- 27th Avenue & Harway Avenue 520 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 49th Street 530 feet
- Bath Avenue & Bay 47th Street 730 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 44th Street 780 feet
- Harway Avenue & Bay 50th Street 780 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 47th Street 970 feet
See every intersection along Bay 47th Street or Harway Avenue.