86th Street & West 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and West 13th Street is in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The statue “Antonio Meucci Memorial” is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Avenue U/W 12 St · B3
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & West 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    1,060 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
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 86 St 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 Avenue U/W 12 St, 200 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 12 St B3
    200 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
    270 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
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 800 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 59 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
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 86th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM

South side of 86th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 311301.

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
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Cts Trade or language school
    940 feet
Show all 6
  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  3. Gesher Yehuda School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    160 feet
  2. Meucci Triangle
    250 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Scarangella Park Playground
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 14 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or West 13th Street.

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