Avenue P & West 13th Street

Avenue P and West 13th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn School of Inquiry is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1941, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Stillwell Av/Bay Pkwy · B4
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue P & West 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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, 460 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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
    680 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1928 and 1941.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 100 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and December 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue P

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    280 feet
  2. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    280 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    470 feet
Show all 8
  1. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    480 feet
  2. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  3. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  4. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  5. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    70 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    640 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
    960 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Avenue P or West 13th Street.

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.