86th Street & Avenue V

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Avenue V is in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 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, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them parks, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
880 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
86 St/Avenue V · B1, B4
Within a walk
13 places
3 parks, 3 playgrounds and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Avenue V Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    880 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue V, 130 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue V B1, B4
    130 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 700 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 1931.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

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

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Avenue V

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

South side of Avenue V

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    870 feet
  2. Meucci Triangle
    910 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    970 feet
Show all 6
  1. Marlboro Playground
    1,170 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    1,260 feet
  3. Cutinella Triangle
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    1,140 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 86th Street or Avenue V.

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