Surf Avenue & West 29th Street

Surf Avenue and West 29th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Coney Island development. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition is 70 feet away, and Coney Island I Community Center is 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 29 St, is 50 feet away for the B36 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, three of them playgrounds, and three places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Surf Av/W 29 St · B36, X38
Within a walk
16 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 29th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 29 St, 50 feet away, for the B36 and X38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 29 St B36, X38
    50 feet
    B36 X38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. X38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2018
  • 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1955 and 1975.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 55 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2014 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 29th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 29th Street

  • Back-in parking only 4 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323211.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    680 feet
  3. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 329 Surfside School
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 288 the Shirley Tanyhill School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    70 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    460 feet
  3. Nautilus Playground
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Poseidon Playground
    660 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    680 feet

Health care

  1. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    320 feet
  2. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    270 feet
  2. Coney Island I Community Center
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and seven 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 29th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.