Surf Avenue & West 36th Street

Surf Avenue and West 36th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Coney Island I (Site 8) development. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Surf Av/W 37 St, is 180 feet away for the B36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them older adult centers, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Surf Av/W 37 St · B36
Within a walk
8 places
2 older adult centers, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Surf Avenue & West 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Surf Av/W 37 St, 180 feet away, for the B36.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Surf Av/W 37 St B36
    180 feet
    B36

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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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 1,700 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 Coney Island I (Site 8) development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and September 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 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 36th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 36th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    410 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Ocean Drive Public space
    50 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3001 West 37th Street Older adult center
    340 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3601 Surf Avenue Older adult center
    360 feet
  3. O'Dwyer Gardens Community Center
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Surf Avenue or West 36th Street.

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