Avenue S & Van Sicklen Street

Avenue S and Van Sicklen Street meet at a four-way crossing 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. I.S. 228 David A. Boody is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Avenue S & Van Sicklen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 650 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    650 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. 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, 0.3 miles away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Kings HWY B90
    0.3 miles
    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
    0.7 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • Ambulances only 2 signs AMBULANCE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Van Sicklen Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-10AM

West side of Van Sicklen Street

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

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.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    480 feet
  2. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    670 feet
  3. I.S. 228 David A. Boody School
    890 feet
Show all 8
  1. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,060 feet
  3. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  4. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    630 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    930 feet

Houses of worship

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

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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