Avenue S & Stillwell Avenue

Avenue S and Stillwell Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 97 the Highlawn is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Stillwell Av/Avenue S · B4
Within a walk
7 places
2 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue S & Stillwell Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    1,040 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.5 miles
    N
  2. Ave U N
    0.5 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Rediscovery” (2012) by Amy Cheng at the 25 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/Avenue S, 150 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Avenue S B4
    150 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Yesodot Hatorah School
    280 feet
  2. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    360 feet
  3. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Cts Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  2. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S or Stillwell Avenue.

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