86th Street & Lake Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and Lake Street is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Big Apple Institute is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
330 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
Avenue X/McDonald Av · B1
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Lake Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    330 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    1,220 feet
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/McDonald Av, 390 feet away, for the B1.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/McDonald Av B1 · Shelter
    390 feet
    B1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 13 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

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

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

East side of Lake Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

West side of Lake Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    50 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    90 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    380 feet
  2. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    1,110 feet
  4. Yde Girls Elementary School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    690 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Gravesend Library
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or Lake Street.

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