Avenue X & West 1st Street

Avenue X and West 1st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. West Playground is 920 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 eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
850 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Avenue X/W 1 St · B1
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue X & West 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 850 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. 86 St N
    0.5 miles
    N

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/W 1 St, 100 feet away, for the B1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/W 1 St B1 · Shelter
    100 feet
    B1
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2020

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 1,200 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 1957.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Snow Goose' cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 1st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 1st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303158, 304702, 309537 and 315240.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    430 feet
  3. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,130 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    240 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    340 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or West 1st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.