Surf Avenue & Mermaid Avenue

Surf Avenue and Mermaid Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kneses Isreal Congregation is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 37 St, is 1,000 feet away for the B36, X28 and X38, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,000 feet
Surf Av/W 37 St · B36, X28, X38
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 older adult centers and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & Mermaid Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 37 St, 1,000 feet away, for the B36, X28 and X38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 37 St B36, X28, X38 · Shelter
    1,000 feet
    B36 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1952.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva & Mesifta Vyoel Moshe-Seagat School
    620 feet
  2. La Puerta Abierta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Kneses Isreal Congregation House of worship
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3601 Surf Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3001 West 37th Street Older adult center
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Mermaid Avenue, Sea Gate Avenue or Surf Avenue.

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