Avenue P & Stillwell Avenue

Avenue P and Stillwell Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Academy of Talented Scholars is 270 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them schools, and one place to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1953, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Stillwell Av/Bay Pkwy · B4
Within a walk
14 places
6 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue P & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/Bay Pkwy, 180 feet away, for the B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Bay Pkwy B4 · Shelter
    180 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    400 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11204
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1953.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Stillwell Avenue

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

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 schools
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    270 feet
  2. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    270 feet
  3. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    320 feet
Show all 9
  1. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    750 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    760 feet
  4. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    840 feet
  5. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  6. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P or Stillwell Avenue.

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