Surf Avenue & West 10th Street

Surf Avenue and West 10th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Luna Playground is 140 feet away, and the Battalion 43/Engine 245/Ladder 161 firehouse is 940 feet away. The nearest subway, W 8 St-NY Aquarium, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them amusement parks or rides, and 35 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
W 8 St-NY Aquarium
390 feet · 1 min on foot · F, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Surf Av/W 10 St · B36, B102
Within a walk
11 places
3 amusement parks or rides, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 10th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is W 8 St-NY Aquarium, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    390 feet
    F Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. Q …
Coney Island
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Coney Island-Stillwell Av D, F, N, Q
    940 feet
    D F N Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Wavewall” (2005) by Vito Acconci (Acconci Studio in collaboration with Daniel Frankfurt) at the W 8 St-NY Aquarium station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 10 St, 120 feet away, for the B36 and B102.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 10 St B36, B102
    120 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.

  • 29 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are eight homes. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm Jan-May, Sept-Dec, 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to midnight June-Aug on Surf Avenue (north side).

South side of Surf Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING JUNE-AUG 8AM-MIDNIGHT EXCEPT SUNDAY SEPT-MAY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 10th Street

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

West side of West 10th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304672, 307268 and 326136.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1917 and 1957.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 amusement parks or rides
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 museum
  • 2 other places

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Luna Playground
    140 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    290 feet
  3. New York Aquarium Zoo or aquarium
    540 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    720 feet
  2. Beach at W 12th Street Playground
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Museum Landmark
    550 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. The Cyclone Roller Coaster Amusement park or ride · landmark · listed historic place
    210 feet
  2. Coney Island Luna Park Amusement park or ride
    220 feet
  3. Denos Wonder Wheel Amusement Park Amusement park or ride · landmark
    800 feet

Fire and police

  1. 60th Precinct Police station
    790 feet
  2. Battalion 43/Engine 245/Ladder 161 Fire station
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and three food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 10th Street.

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