Coney Island Avenue & Cary Court

Coney Island Avenue and Cary Court meet at a three-way junction in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue K · B68
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Cary Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Ave J 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 “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue K, 350 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 37 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 800 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Monday to Thursday, 4 hour passenger vehicles 8am to 7pm Friday on Coney Island Avenue (west side).

North side of Cary Court

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 8AM-7PM, 4 HOUR METERED PARKING FRIDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309471 and 317291.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Smart Stars Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    760 feet
  2. Pathway Study Center Inc (The) School
    820 feet
  3. P.S. 099 Isaac Asimov School
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sunny Clouds Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  2. Aleph Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Talmud Torah of Flatbush House of worship
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Midwood Post Office
    950 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    530 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pomegranate Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 11 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cary Court or Coney Island Avenue.

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