Surf Avenue & West 27th Street

Surf Avenue and West 27th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Poseidon Playground is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 27 St, is 120 feet away for the B36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 19 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Surf Av/W 27 St · B36
Within a walk
19 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 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 27 St, 120 feet away, for the B36.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 27 St B36
    120 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 1.1 miles 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1970 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the swamp white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 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 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 27th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West 27th Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

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

Nineteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    140 feet
  2. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    210 feet
  3. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
  2. Pal Carey Gardens Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poseidon Playground
    60 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    70 feet
  3. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    570 feet
  2. Nautilus Playground
    1,160 feet

Health care

  1. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    400 feet
  2. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    640 feet
  3. Sea Crest Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3024 West 24th Street Older adult center
    850 feet
  3. Carey Gardens Community Center
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Coney Island I Community Center
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 27th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.