Coney Island Avenue & Friel Place

Coney Island Avenue and Friel Place meet at a three-way junction in Kensington, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. M.S. 839 is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Fort Hamilton Pkwy, is about nine minutes on foot, for the F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1956, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · F, G
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Coney Island Av/Caton Av · B68
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Friel Place 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 nine 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 Coney Island Av/Caton Av, 170 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Caton Av B68
    170 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Caton Ave & E 10 St 30 docks in all
    490 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. 396 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 123 Linden Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
40
Police precinct
66 and 70 (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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1956.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2018 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Friel Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Friel Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 334443 and 334444.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 28 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, Post-War Vernacular and neo-Tudor, and mostly built between 1903 and 1920.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Brooklyn College Academy School
    630 feet
  2. M.S. 839 School
    770 feet
  3. Honeydew Drop Playhouse Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 5
  1. M.S. 890 School
    1,130 feet
  2. P.S. 889 School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Parade Ground Park
    320 feet
  2. Machate Circle
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Met Fresh Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Friel Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.