Avenue V & West 11th Street

Avenue V and West 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Temple United is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about five minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
86 St/Avenue V · B1, B4
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue V & West 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    1,190 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue V, 430 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue V B1, B4
    430 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

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 13
City Council district
43 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue V

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 15 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center #6 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    570 feet
  2. Scarangella Park Playground
    670 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Marlboro Playground
    870 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    490 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue V or West 11th Street.

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