Coney Island Avenue & Caton Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Caton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn College Academy is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
20 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Caton Av/Coney Island Av · B16
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Caton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fort Hamilton Pkwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Fort Hamilton Pkwy F, G
    0.4 miles
    F G

Next trains at this station

Northbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. F …
  2. G …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Caton Av/Coney Island Av, 60 feet away, for the B16.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Caton Av/Coney Island Av B16
    60 feet
    B16

Next buses at this stop

  1. B16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Caton Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & E 10 St 30 docks in all
    250 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 378 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2015
  • Turn calming, April 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 and 72 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kensington
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 44 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Caton Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Four buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1880 and 1906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    390 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    600 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    90 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    790 feet
  3. Prospect Park
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. Caton Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Caton Avenue or Coney Island Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.