Avenue W & Gravesend Neck Road

Avenue W and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. It is 560 feet to the 61st Precinct. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
1,130 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue W · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue W & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 1,130 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    1,130 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue W, 690 feet away, for the B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue W B68
    690 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,070 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue W

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Sheepshead Bay Road

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Sheepshead Bay Road

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    580 feet
  2. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    850 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    1,070 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    800 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and nine 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 W, Gravesend Neck Road or Sheepshead Bay Road.

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