86th Street & West 7th Street

The four-way crossing of 86th Street and West 7th 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. Cutinella Triangle is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
86 St/W 7 St · B1, B4
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
86th Street & West 7th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    310 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    1,240 feet
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/W 7 St, 130 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/W 7 St B1, B4
    130 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 86th Street.

  • 6 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1956.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

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

North side of 86th Street

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

South side of 86th Street

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

East side of West 7th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 7th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    1,000 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    340 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and seven 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th Street or West 7th Street.

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