Surf Avenue & West 25th Street

Surf Avenue and West 25th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Haber development. The corner is also named P.O. Nicholas Panico and P.O. Robert Byrnes Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Surf Playground is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 25 St, is 100 feet away for the B36, X28 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places and two places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 25th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 25 St, 100 feet away, for the B36, X28 and X38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 25 St B36, X28, X38
    100 feet
    B36 X28 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. X28 …
  3. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

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
8 feet above sea level

This corner is also named P.O. Nicholas Panico and P.O. Robert Byrnes Way, a co-naming enacted on October 2, 2012 (Local Law 48 of 2012).

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 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 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on P.O. Nicholas Panico and P.O. Robert Byrnes Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 25th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 6AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 25th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 6AM-2PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    440 feet
  2. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    480 feet
  3. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    860 feet
  2. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poseidon Playground
    70 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    70 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    810 feet

Health care

  1. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    700 feet
  2. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet
  3. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3024 West 24th Street Older adult center
    550 feet
  2. Carey Gardens Community Center
    640 feet
  3. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    1,050 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 two places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 25th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, 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.