Avenue V & West 13th Street

Avenue V and West 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Scarangella Park Playground is 140 feet away, and International High School at Lafayette is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them schools, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
930 feet
Avenue U/W 12 St · B3
Within a walk
13 places
5 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D
  2. Bay 50 St 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 Avenue U/W 12 St, 930 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 12 St B3
    930 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 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
    1.1 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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 (South)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1956.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

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

East side of West 13th Street

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

West side of West 13th Street

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

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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. High School of Sports Management School
    890 feet
  3. International High School at Lafayette School
    890 feet
Show all 7
  1. Kingsborough Early College School
    890 feet
  2. Leaders High School
    890 feet
  3. Life Academy High School for Business and Technology School
    890 feet
  4. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    50 feet
  2. Scarangella Park Playground
    140 feet
  3. Lafayette Playground
    430 feet
Show all 4
  1. Meucci Triangle
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Avenue V or West 13th 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.