Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Y

Coney Island Avenue and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue Y · B68
Within a walk
10 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue Y Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.5 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, 120 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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
    1,270 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    160 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 20 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Turn calming, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1930 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Coney Island Avenue (west side).

North side of Avenue Y

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue Y

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302277, 309120, 317895 and 320910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    330 feet
  3. Shirat Rachel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    330 feet
Show all 8
  1. Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Mommy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet
  3. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet
  4. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  5. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y 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.