Avenue Y & Shell Road

Avenue Y and Shell Road meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yde Girls Elementary School is 230 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 seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
860 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Shell Rd/Avenue Y · B4
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue Y & Shell Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    860 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. Neptune Av F
    0.5 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 Shell Rd/Avenue Y, 110 feet away, for the B4.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Shell Rd/Avenue Y B4
    110 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60 and 61 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1951 and 1965.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Wireless' zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Shell Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yde Girls Elementary School
    230 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    550 feet
  3. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    840 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 eight places to eat and eight 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y or Shell Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.