Mermaid Avenue & West 19th Street

Mermaid Avenue and West 19th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Library is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Mermaid Av/W 19 St · B74
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mermaid Avenue & West 19th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    0.3 miles
    D F N Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. D …
  2. F …
  3. N …
  4. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Coney Island Baby” (2004) by Robert Wilson at the Coney Island-Stillwell Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mermaid Av/W 19 St, 110 feet away, for the B74.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mermaid Av/W 19 St B74
    110 feet
    B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
4 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 1,182 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Mermaid Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Mermaid Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 19th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West 19th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 302283.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in MCU Park.

  1. Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument Statue by William Behrends, 2005
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liberation Diploma Plus School
    300 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steeplechase Park
    550 feet
  2. Santos Community Garden
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Library
    110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sandy Recovery Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along Mermaid Avenue or West 19th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.