Surf Avenue & West 31st Street

Surf Avenue and West 31st 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, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition is 660 feet away, and Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 32 St, is 170 feet away for the B36, X28 and X38. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Surf Av/W 32 St · B36, X28, X38
Within a walk
14 places
3 playgrounds, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 31st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 32 St, 170 feet away, for the B36, X28 and X38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 32 St B36, X28, X38 · Shelter
    170 feet
    B36 X28 X38
    Shelter

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, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.9 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1955 and 1972.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

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

East side of West 31st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 31st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  2. Sunshine Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. P.S. 329 Surfside School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Starting Point - Family Headstart School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nautilus Playground
    470 feet
  2. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    660 feet
  3. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Poseidon Playground
    1,260 feet
  2. Surf Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    920 feet
  2. Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    570 feet
  2. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 31st Street.

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