Avenue Y & West 2nd Street

Avenue Y and West 2nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Library is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about five minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Avenue Z/W 2 St · B4
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Ave X F
    0.3 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. 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 Z/W 2 St, 810 feet away, for the B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/W 2 St B4
    810 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.6 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Avenue Y

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

South side of Avenue Y

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

East side of West 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 2nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312741 and 315808.

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 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yde Girls Elementary School
    640 feet
  2. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    400 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    910 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y 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.