86th Street & Avenue W

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Avenue W is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Big Apple Institute is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
480 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
86 St/Avenue W · B1, B4
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Avenue W Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 480 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    480 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    1,070 feet
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N

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 W, 100 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1956.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

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

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Avenue W

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

South side of Avenue W

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    840 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    70 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Avenue W.

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