Surf Avenue & Beach 51st Street

Surf Avenue and Beach 51st Street meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, W 37 St/Canal Av, is 0.4 miles away for the B36 and B74. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Surf Avenue & Beach 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 37 St/Canal Av, 0.4 miles away, for the B36 and B74.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 37 St/Canal Av B36, B74
    0.4 miles
    B36 B74

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B74 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.7 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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 two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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