81st Street & 24th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 24th 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. Yesodot Hatorah is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1932, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Stillwell Av/80 St · B4
Within a walk
3 places
2 schools and 1 older adult center, within five minutes

Map

Layers
81st Street & 24th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    0.3 miles
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Rediscovery” (2012) by Amy Cheng at the 25 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/80 St, 280 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/80 St B4
    280 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two 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 1923 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 24th Avenue

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

South side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 24th Avenue

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

East side of 81st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 81st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 81st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    490 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 81st Street.

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