86th Street & Bay 41st Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Bay 41st Street 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. Lafayette Playground is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
490 feet · 2 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
86 St/Stillwell Av · B1
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Bay 41st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 490 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    490 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
    0.4 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 86 St/Stillwell Av, 170 feet away, for the B1.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Stillwell Av B1
    170 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    480 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on 86th Street (north side).

South side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Bay 41st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bay 41st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 306275 and 312183.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Cts Trade or language school
    370 feet
  2. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    480 feet
  3. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    500 feet
Show all 4
  1. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    630 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    760 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    1,130 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 253 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 11 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Bay 41st Street.

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.