Neptune Avenue & West 20th Street

Neptune Avenue and West 20th Street meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,056 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. West 23rd Street Community Garden is 950 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 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
17 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
630 feet
W 17 St/Neptune Av · B82
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & West 20th 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 W 17 St/Neptune Av, 630 feet away, for the B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Neptune Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 3,056 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 293rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,518 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Neptune Avenue2,2051,143
Eastbound on Neptune Avenue851375
Total3,0561,518

Every corner with speed 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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 20th Street

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

West side of West 20th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Liberation Diploma Plus School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Calvert Vaux Park
    380 feet
  2. West 23rd Street Community Garden
    950 feet
  3. Santos Community Garden
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at The Home Depot Public space
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Library
    1,100 feet
  2. Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sandy Recovery Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Neptune Avenue or West 20th Street.

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