Avenue P & West 1st Street

Avenue P and West 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 177 the Marlboro is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave P, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave P
580 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
McDonald Av/Avenue P · B90
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue P & West 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave P, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave P F
    580 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Tree Canopy” (2018) by Jackie Battenfield at the Ave P station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Avenue P, 600 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Avenue P B90
    600 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    770 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1,070 feet
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
29 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 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue P

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue P

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

East side of West 1st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 1st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 177 the Marlboro School
    180 feet
  2. 65th Street Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  3. A Lot to Learn Training Trade or language school
    530 feet
Show all 4
  1. Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Samuel Goldberg Triangle
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue P or West 1st Street.

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