Surf Avenue & West 23rd Street

Surf Avenue and West 23rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Carey Gardens development. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Carey Gardens Community Center is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Coney Island-Stillwell Av, is about ten minutes on foot, for the D, F, N and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Coney Island-Stillwell Av
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · D, F, N, Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Surf Av/W 23 St · B36
Within a walk
18 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Coney Island-Stillwell Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
4 lines
  1. D …
  2. F …
  3. N …
  4. 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/W 23 St, 60 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 23 St B36 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B36
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 between 1969 and 1975.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Carey Gardens development.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 23rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 23rd Street

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 1923 and 1975.

  1. Child's Restaurant Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 7 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    250 feet
  2. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    1,090 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poseidon Playground
    670 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    680 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Santos Community Garden
    1,030 feet
  2. Steeplechase Park
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Seaside Park & Community Arts Center Public space
    900 feet

Health care

  1. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    730 feet
  2. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Carey Gardens Community Center
    230 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3024 West 24th Street Older adult center
    560 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Police station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 23rd Street.

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