Coney Island Avenue & Lancaster Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Lancaster Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Library is 910 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about seven 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 17 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
190 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 & Lancaster Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 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, 190 feet away, for the B68.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 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
    240 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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
14 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 1930 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Coney Island Avenue

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

West side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Lancaster Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Lancaster Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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
    230 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    870 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,030 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and six 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Lancaster Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.