Avenue X & West 2nd Street

Avenue X and West 2nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Library is 130 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 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 12 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Avenue X & West 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    590 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
    0.4 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/W 1 St, 350 feet away, for the B1.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 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
    820 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
10 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 1960.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand 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
  • 6 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Avenue X (north side).

South side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of West 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312741, 313314, 315808 and 320801.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    690 feet
  3. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    870 feet
Show all 8
  1. Big Apple Institute School
    960 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    1,070 feet
  3. Yde Girls Elementary School
    1,210 feet
  4. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,240 feet
  5. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    130 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or West 2nd Street.

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.