79th Street & Stillwell Avenue

The three-way junction of 79th Street and Stillwell Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Academy of Talented Scholars is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them schools, and three places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Stillwell Av/23 Av · B4
Within a walk
12 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
79th Street & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/23 Av, 260 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/23 Av B4
    260 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    960 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 79th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 79th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    1,110 feet
Show all 7
  1. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    1,110 feet
  2. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,120 feet
  3. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    1,190 feet
  4. Yesodot Hatorah School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    490 feet
  2. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th Street or Stillwell Avenue.

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