Avenue S & East 1st Street

Avenue S and East 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 190 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
380 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
McDonald Av/Kings HWY · B90
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue S & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 380 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    380 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Kings HWY, 1,160 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Kings HWY B90
    1,160 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two 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 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 1st Street

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

West side of East 1st Street

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1830 and 1835.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    460 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    540 feet
  3. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    760 feet
Show all 6
  1. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    790 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  3. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S or East 1st Street.

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