Mermaid Avenue & West 23rd Street

Mermaid Avenue and West 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Service Area #1 is 140 feet away, and Coney Island Post Office is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Mermaid Av/W 23 St · B74
Within a walk
18 places
5 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mermaid Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    0.5 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 23 St, 40 feet away, for the B74.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mermaid Av/W 23 St B74
    40 feet
    B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

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 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 1974.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Mermaid Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Mermaid Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of West 23rd Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Santos Community Garden
    500 feet
  2. West 23rd Street Community Garden
    920 feet
  3. Surf Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station Listed historic place
    1,200 feet
  2. Coney Island Library
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Carey Gardens Community Center
    780 feet
  2. Coney Island Post Office
    1,100 feet
  3. Sandy Recovery Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,200 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island I Community Center
    1,280 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3024 West 24th Street Older adult center
    1,310 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Police station
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and 14 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mermaid Avenue or West 23rd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.