86th Street & West 11th Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and West 11th Street is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Meucci Triangle is 460 feet away, and Marlboro Playground is 1,200 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Avenue U/W 11 St · B3
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & West 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.3 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 Avenue U/W 11 St, 540 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 11 St B3
    540 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

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
    1,030 feet
  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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West 11th Street

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

West side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 305421.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    500 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    460 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    770 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,000 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lafayette Playground
    1,190 feet
  2. Marlboro Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or West 11th Street.

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