Shore Parkway & 26th Avenue
Shore Parkway and 26th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Shore Parkway Jewish Center is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North, is 60 feet away for the B6, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North, 60 feet away, for the B6.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 26 Av/Shore Pkwy Service Rd North B660 feetB6
Next buses at this stop
- B6 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Shore Parkway.
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2471 Cropsey Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11214
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 60 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (West)
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1967.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese fringetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 94 signs on these blocks
- 10 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 26th Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 26th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Shore Parkway
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 27 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Shore Parkway
- No parking 31 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- National Association of Family Development Centers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K660 feet
- Block Institute School Preschool, ages 2 to 51,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Calvert Vaux Park870 feet
- Calvert Vaux Park Playground960 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Parkway Jewish Center House of worship660 feet
Other stores
- BJ's Wholesale Club Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Ceasar's Bay Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.
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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Belt Parkway & 26th Avenue 110 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & 26th Avenue 330 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 41st Street 540 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 40th Street 550 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 43rd Street 560 feet
- Cropsey Avenue & Bay 41st Street 580 feet
- Shore Parkway & Bay 44th Street 820 feet
- Harway Avenue & 26th Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along 26th Avenue or Shore Parkway.