Mermaid Avenue & West 24th Street

Mermaid Avenue and West 24th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carey Gardens Community Center is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Mermaid Av/W 24 St, is 120 feet away for the B74, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Mermaid Av/W 24 St · B74
Within a walk
21 places
6 religious buildings, 2 community centers and 10 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mermaid Avenue & West 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mermaid Av/W 24 St, 120 feet away, for the B74.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mermaid Av/W 24 St B74
    120 feet
    B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B74 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020
  • Safety Improvement Project, 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 2,200 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and August 2021, 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 24th 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 24th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    990 feet
  3. Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted & Talented School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Santos Community Garden
    800 feet
  2. West 23rd Street Community Garden
    910 feet
  3. Surf Playground
    950 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kaiser Park
    1,150 feet
  2. Poseidon Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Naomi AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Carey Gardens Community Center
    770 feet
  2. Coney Island Post Office
    800 feet
  3. Coney Island I Community Center
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 3024 West 24th Street Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Police station
    440 feet
  2. Engine 318/Ladder 166 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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 24th 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.