Neptune Avenue & West 21st Street

Neptune Avenue and West 21st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Calvert Vaux Park is 240 feet away, and Naomi AME Zion Methodist Church is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, W 17 St/Neptune Av, is 920 feet away for the B82, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
W 17 St/Neptune Av · B82
Within a walk
12 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & West 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 17 St/Neptune Av, 920 feet away, for the B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Neptune Avenue.

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
    320 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
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

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of Neptune Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

East side of West 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of West 21st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted & Talented School
    1,290 feet
  2. Liberation Diploma Plus School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Calvert Vaux Park
    240 feet
  2. West 23rd Street Community Garden
    660 feet
  3. Santos Community Garden
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Boat Basin Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Kaiser Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station Listed historic place
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Naomi AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 21st Street.

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