Surf Avenue & West 30th Street

Surf Avenue and West 30th Street meet at a three-way junction in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Coney Island development. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. YMCA Coney Island is 330 feet away, and Surf Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 29 St, is 270 feet away for the B36 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Surf Av/W 29 St · B36, X38
Within a walk
15 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 30th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 29 St, 270 feet away, for the B36 and X38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. 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, 1.3 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
6 feet above sea level

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 1955 and 1972.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 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 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 30th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West 30th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323211.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. P.S. 329 Surfside School
    890 feet
  3. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    970 feet
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  1. Family Head Start/Early Learn Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
  2. Sunshine Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nautilus Playground
    300 feet
  2. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    360 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    750 feet
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  1. Poseidon Playground
    950 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    970 feet

Health care

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

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    330 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and six 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 30th 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.