Avenue T & West Street

Avenue T and West Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
Avenue U/McDonald Av · B3
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue T & West Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    1,180 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/McDonald Av, 1,150 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/McDonald Av B3 · Shelter
    1,150 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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
    0.6 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 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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 600 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 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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 West Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West Street

  • No parking 2 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

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    700 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    910 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue T or West 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.