Avenue Y & West Street

Avenue Y and West Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about seven minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and five places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
810 feet
Avenue Z/West St · B4
Within a walk
6 places
2 schools, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue Y & West Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Ave X F
    0.4 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/West St, 810 feet away, for the B4.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of West Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of West Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 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 zone: 312623.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    760 feet
  2. Yde Girls Elementary School
    1,150 feet
  3. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. West Playground
    330 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y or West Street.

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.