Avenue S & West 13th Street

Avenue S and West 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 97 the Highlawn is 460 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Stillwell Av/Avenue S · B4
Within a walk
6 places
3 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue S & West 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    1,320 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
    0.4 miles
    N
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 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, 370 feet away, for the B4.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/Avenue S B4
    370 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

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
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
18 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 13th Street

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

West side of West 13th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    460 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    560 feet
  3. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Gesher Yehuda School
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    830 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S or West 13th Street.

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.