Avenue Y & East 11th Street

Avenue Y and East 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about eight minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue Y · B68
Within a walk
8 places
6 day care or pre-K sites and 2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue Y & East 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue Y, 340 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue Y B68
    340 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    440 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Y

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Y

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

East side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302277 and 317895.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Shirat Rachel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 6
  1. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Y or East 11th 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.