85th Street & Stillwell Avenue

The three-way junction of 85th Street and Stillwell Avenue is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park is 870 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 12 public places, three of them schools, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
690 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Stillwell Av/Avenue T · B4
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
85th Street & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    690 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
    0.3 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/Avenue T, 150 feet away, for the B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Avenue T B4 · Shelter
    150 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    720 feet
  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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Stillwell Avenue (east side).

North side of 85th Street

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

South side of 85th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305876 and 306810.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. Cts Trade or language school
    370 feet
  3. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Gesher Yehuda School
    790 feet
  2. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    820 feet
  3. Yesodot Hatorah School
    1,180 feet
  4. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    870 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    1,000 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 253 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    480 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    720 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and ten 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 85th Street or Stillwell Avenue.

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.