Avenue T & East 1st Street

Avenue T and East 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Simon St Jude Church is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them schools. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Avenue U/E 1 St · B3
Within a walk
10 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    1,260 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
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 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 Avenue U/E 1 St, 940 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 1 St B3
    940 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 December 2020 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue T

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue T

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

East side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,010 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,020 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    1,070 feet
  2. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    960 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 T or East 1st 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.