Surf Avenue & West 32nd Street

Surf Avenue and West 32nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's O'Dwyer Gardens development. The corner is also named Rosia Wyche Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nautilus Playground is 440 feet away, and Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 32 St, is 120 feet away for the B36 and X28. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places.

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

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 32 St, 120 feet away, for the B36 and X28.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. X28 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Bay 52nd Street & Belt Parkway, 1.4 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
7 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Rosia Wyche Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's O'Dwyer Gardens development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Rosia Wyche Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

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

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 32nd Street

  • Back-in parking only 3 signs BACK IN 90 DEG PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 32nd Street

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

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Sunshine Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. La Puerta Abierta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    410 feet
  2. Nautilus Playground
    440 feet
  3. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    980 feet

Health care

  1. Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center
    780 feet
  2. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    860 feet
  3. Older adult center at 3001 West 37th Street Older adult center
    1,280 feet
Show all 4
  1. Older adult center at 3601 Surf Avenue Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a bike route here or a bicycle rack 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 32nd Street.

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