Avenue W & Lake Street

Avenue W and Lake Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Big Apple Institute Site 2 is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
900 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
86 St/Van Sicklen St · B1, B4
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue W & Lake Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    900 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    1,130 feet
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Van Sicklen St, 610 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Van Sicklen St B1, B4
    610 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

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

South side of Avenue W

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

East side of Lake Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-6PM

West side of Lake Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    260 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    350 feet
  3. Big Apple Institute School
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    520 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,160 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 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 W or Lake Street.

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