Bay Parkway (Brooklyn) should not be confused with Bay Parkway (Jones Beach).
| Image Alt: | Bay Parkway and 85th Street in Bensonhurst. Visible down the block is the Bay Parkway D Train Station on 86th Street. |
| Former Names: | 22nd Avenue |
| Owner: | City of New York |
| Maint: | NYCDOT |
| Length Mi: | 2.7 |
| Location: | Brooklyn, New York City |
| Coordinates: | 40.6093°N -73.9862°W |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | Dead end at Gravesend Bay |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B: | Ocean Parkway in Midwood |
| Junction: | in Gravesend |
| East: | 23rd Avenue |
| West: | 22nd Avenue |
Bay Parkway is a 2.7-mile-long (7.82 km) boulevard in the west portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Bay Parkway begins at Ocean Parkway and continues for approximately southwesterly to Bath Beach, past Seth Low Playground and Bealin Square[1] toward Bensonhurst Park,[2] Shore Parkway (Exit 5), and Ceasar's Bay shopping plaza on Gravesend Bay. It runs through Bensonhurst and is four lanes wide throughout its route. Along Bay Parkway are many Chinese, Russian and Italian-American businesses and many residential buildings and co-ops.
Bay Parkway was known as 22nd Avenue until the 1930s, when the name was changed to facilitate large-scale apartment-type residential development. Its renaming as a parkway was first proposed in the state legislature in 1892, along with Bay Ridge Parkway, and Fort Hamilton Parkway, placing the road under the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn Parks Department.[3] The renaming was intended to boost the desirability of real estate along its route.
Bay Parkway has three New York City Subway stops:
Bay Parkway is also served by the B6 and B82 and B82+ Select Bus Service bus routes. The B6 serves most of the corridor, while the B82 runs on the parkway between Kings Highway and Cropsey Avenue.