Avenue S & Homecrest Avenue
Avenue S and Homecrest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Kelly Park Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Coney Island Av/Avenue S, is 490 feet away for the B68, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them religious buildings. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue S, 490 feet away, for the B68.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Coney Island Av/Avenue S B68490 feetB68
Next buses at this stop
- B68 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 48
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two 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 1929 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 20 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue S
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
East side of Homecrest Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM
West side of Homecrest Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedWithin a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.
- 9 religious buildings
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 5 schools
- 1 listed historic place
- 1 monument or memorial
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Bambi Early Childhood Educational Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K640 feet
- Becec School780 feet
- Little Pickles Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5810 feet
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- P.S. 153 Homecrest School810 feet
- Ateret Torah Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5850 feet
- Yeled V' Yalda Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5850 feet
- Bet Yaakov Ateret Torah School960 feet
- Bet Yakov Ateret Torah High School960 feet
- Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 51,210 feet
- Yeshiva Bais Chaya Esther School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kelly Park Playground570 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- William E Kelly Monument Monument or memorial720 feet
- Beth-El Jewish Center of Flatbush Listed historic place820 feet
Other stores
- Target Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 12th Street & Avenue S 130 feet
- East 13th Street & Avenue S 260 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Avenue S 420 feet
- East 14th Street & Avenue S 520 feet
- Coney Island Avenue & Hutchinson Court 680 feet
- Avenue S & East 15th Street 780 feet
- Avenue S & East 9th Street 820 feet
- Avenue T & Homecrest Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along Avenue S or Homecrest Avenue.