Mermaid Avenue & West 36th Street

Mermaid Avenue and West 36th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Mermaid Av/W 36 St, is 40 feet away for the B74, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Mermaid Av/W 36 St · B74
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 older adult centers and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Mermaid Avenue & West 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Mermaid Av/W 36 St, 40 feet away, for the B74.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Mermaid Av/W 36 St B74 · Shelter
    40 feet
    B74
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B74 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1968 and 1979.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Mermaid Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Mermaid Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 36th Street

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

West side of West 36th Street

  • No parking 4 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Dezzenterprise Pre-K
    830 feet
  2. La Puerta Abierta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 188 Michael E. Berdy School
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Sunshine Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3601 Surf Avenue Older adult center
    530 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3001 West 37th Street Older adult center
    950 feet
  3. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 36th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.