Neptune Avenue & Cropsey Avenue

Neptune Avenue and Cropsey Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2026, 662 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Calvert Vaux Park is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
30 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
W 17 St/Neptune Av · B82
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 1 career or business center and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & Cropsey Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    0.4 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 W 17 St/Neptune Av, 60 feet away, for the B82.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 17 St/Neptune Av B82
    60 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cropsey Avenue, Neptune Avenue and West 17th Street.

  • 4 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1622 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1,010 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 30 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 662 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Westbound on Neptune Avenue426
Eastbound on Neptune Avenue236
Total662

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Three trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Cropsey Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 17th Street

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

West side of West 17th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liberation Diploma Plus School
    1,000 feet
  2. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Calvert Vaux Park
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Home Depot Public space
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Library
    1,100 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sandy Recovery Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine 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 Cropsey Avenue, Neptune Avenue or West 17th Street.

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