Avenue X & Boynton Place

Avenue X and Boynton Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cutinella Triangle is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
460 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Avenue X/McDonald Av · B1
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue X & Boynton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 460 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    460 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
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave U F
    0.4 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 Avenue X/McDonald Av, 450 feet away, for the B1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/McDonald Av B1 · Shelter
    450 feet
    B1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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 July 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1970.

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

Trees

Nine trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Avenue X

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Boynton Place

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

South side of Boynton Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    660 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    750 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,030 feet
Show all 7
  1. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,090 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    1,160 feet
  4. Yde Girls Elementary School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    190 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Gravesend Library
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or Boynton Place.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.