83rd Street & Stillwell Avenue

The three-way junction of 83rd 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 Engine 253 firehouse is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them schools, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Stillwell Av/25 Av · B4
Within a walk
8 places
2 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
83rd Street & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    910 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U 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/25 Av, 260 feet away, for the B4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/25 Av B4
    260 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

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
16 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 83rd Street

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

South side of 83rd Street

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

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

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

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yesodot Hatorah School
    410 feet
  2. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    500 feet
  3. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cts Trade or language school
    980 feet
  2. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    1,040 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 253 Fire station · landmark
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    940 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 83rd Street or Stillwell Avenue.

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.