Neptune Avenue & West 23rd Street

Neptune Avenue and West 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kaiser Park is 600 feet away, and Kaiser Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Neptune Av/W 24 St, is 420 feet away for the B74, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them parks, and one place to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
420 feet
Neptune Av/W 24 St · B74
Within a walk
11 places
3 parks, 1 fire station and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Neptune Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Neptune Av/W 24 St, 420 feet away, for the B74.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neptune Av/W 24 St B74
    420 feet
    B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B74 …

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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1969 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hardy rubber tree and the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 59 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Neptune Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Neptune Avenue

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

East side of West 23rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of West 23rd Street

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted & Talented School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West 23rd Street Community Garden
    70 feet
  2. Kaiser Park
    600 feet
  3. Calvert Vaux Park
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Boat Basin Park
    910 feet
  2. Kaiser Playground
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Naomi AME Zion Methodist Church House of worship
    680 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 318/Ladder 166 Fire station
    760 feet
  2. Police Service Area #1 Police station
    800 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four 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 23rd 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.