Avenue W & Van Sicklen Street

Avenue W and Van Sicklen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Old Gravesend Cemetery is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
910 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
86 St/Van Sicklen St · B1, B4
Within a walk
12 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue W & Van Sicklen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    910 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    960 feet
    F
  2. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F

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/Van Sicklen St, 390 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

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 & West 2nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    870 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    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 five 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
11 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 1965.

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

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
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and February 2025, 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 Van Sicklen Street

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

West side of Van Sicklen Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve 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
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    560 feet
  3. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    680 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute School
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    310 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    1,150 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    930 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and 13 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 Van Sicklen 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.