Surf Avenue & West 33rd Street

Surf Avenue and West 33rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's O'Dwyer Gardens development. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, W 33 St/Surf Av, is 90 feet away for the B36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them older adult centers.

Safety record
3 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
W 33 St/Surf Av · B36
Within a walk
10 places
2 older adult centers, 1 community center and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 33rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is W 33 St/Surf Av, 90 feet away, for the B36.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. W 33 St/Surf Av B36 · Shelter
    90 feet
    B36
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

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
    1 mile
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1968 and 1979.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of Surf Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM

East side of West 33rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 33rd 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. La Puerta Abierta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    370 feet
  2. Nautilus Playground
    740 feet
  3. Surfside Garden Multi-Cultural Coalition Garden
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center
    490 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3001 West 37th Street Older adult center
    980 feet
  3. Older adult center at 3601 Surf Avenue Older adult center
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. YMCA Coney Island Recreation center
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 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, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 33rd 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.