Surf Avenue & West 24th Street

Surf Avenue and West 24th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Haber development. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk is 680 feet away, and Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 25 St, is 180 feet away for the B36, X28 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and three places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Surf Av/W 25 St · B36, X28, X38
Within a walk
15 places
3 nursing homes or hospices, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 25 St, 180 feet away, for the B36, X28 and X38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 25 St B36, X28, X38 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B36 X28 X38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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 1974.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 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
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 24th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 24th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poseidon Playground
    370 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    370 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    1,120 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Seaside Park & Community Arts Center Public space
    1,200 feet

Health care

  1. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet
  2. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,010 feet
  3. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #1 Police station
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Shop Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 24th Street.

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