86th Street & Van Sicklen Street

The three-way junction of 86th Street and Van Sicklen Street is in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Library is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about two 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 day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
580 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
86 St/Van Sicklen St · B1, B4
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & Van Sicklen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    580 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
    970 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 86 St/Van Sicklen St, 140 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Van Sicklen St B1, B4
    140 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 8 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2021

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

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
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and February 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

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

East side of Van Sicklen Street

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

West side of Van Sicklen 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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    300 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    340 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    630 feet
  2. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    440 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    840 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  3. Gravesend Library
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    1,220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Van Sicklen Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.