Coney Island Avenue & Avenue W

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue W meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Darchei Eres is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
17 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue W · B68
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue W Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue W, 120 feet away, for the B68.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue W B68
    120 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 17 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 March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2019
  • Turn calming, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 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 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Avenue W

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue W

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307939 and 310743.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    40 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    610 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 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 W or Coney Island Avenue.

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.