Avenue S & Lake Street

Avenue S and Lake Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom is 400 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them schools, and four places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
380 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
McDonald Av/Kings HWY · B90
Within a walk
11 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue S & Lake 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.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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
  2. Ave U N
    0.5 miles
    N

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, 1,080 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Kings HWY B90
    1,080 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. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Lake Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lake Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 315258 and 322427.

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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    210 feet
  2. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    400 feet
  3. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 8
  1. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,100 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,150 feet
  4. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  5. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    360 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    660 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 11 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 Lake 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.