83rd Street & 24th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 83rd Street and 24th Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 97 the Highlawn is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Stillwell Av/82 St · B4
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd 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 six 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. Bay Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. Kings Hwy N
    0.5 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/82 St, 690 feet away, for the B4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/82 St B4 · Shelter
    690 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 January 2026.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Renaissance Revival, and built between 1895 and 1896.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yesodot Hatorah School
    480 feet
  2. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    730 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Bensonhur Trade or language school
    890 feet
Show all 6
  1. ABC Little Star Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. St Peter Catholic Academy School
    1,010 feet
  3. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 253 Fire station · landmark
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,020 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 19 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 83rd Street.

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