Surf Avenue & Stillwell Avenue

Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Nathan and Ida Handwerker Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Museum is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about a minute on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them amusement parks or rides, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
110 feet · 1 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
10 feet
Surf Av/Stillwell Av · B36, B102
Within a walk
13 places
4 amusement parks or rides, 3 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 110 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    110 feet
    D F N Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. D …
  2. F …
  3. N …
  4. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    1,320 feet
    F Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “My Coney Island Baby” (2004) by Robert Wilson at the Coney Island-Stillwell Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/Stillwell Av, 10 feet away, for the B36 and B102.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/Stillwell Av B36, B102
    10 feet
    B36 B102

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Surf Avenue.

  • 50 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1622 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 12 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2016
  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2024

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

This corner is also named Nathan and Ida Handwerker Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 2022.

Since 2014 at least 515 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redcedar.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Nathan and Ida Handwerker Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm Jan-May, Sept-Dec, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to midnight June-Aug on Surf Avenue (south side).

East side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Parallel parking only 1 sign PARALLEL PARKING ONLY

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Surf Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 8:30AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 9AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303858, 304534, 307461, 308628 and 325788.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Revival and neo-Renaissance Revival, one each, and built between 1917 and 1925.

  1. Shore Theater Designated landmark
    200 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 amusement parks or rides
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 museum
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Coney Island Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Service Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steeplechase Park
    620 feet
  2. Luna Playground
    640 feet
  3. Neptune Playground
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    930 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Museum Landmark
    390 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Coney Island Luna Park Amusement park or ride
    730 feet
  2. Denos Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Amusement park or ride · landmark
    890 feet
  3. Thunderbolt Amusement park or ride
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Cyclone Roller Coaster Amusement park or ride · listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,300 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and ten food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Stillwell Avenue or Surf Avenue.

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