Coney Island Avenue & Parkville Avenue

Coney Island Avenue and Parkville Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Peace Academy is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Newkirk Plaza, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1935, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Newkirk Plaza
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av · B8, B68
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Coney Island Avenue & Parkville Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Newkirk Plaza, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Newkirk Plaza B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave H Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Transit Skylight” (1988) by David Wilson at the Newkirk Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av, 100 feet away, for the B8 and B68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Newkirk Av B8, B68
    100 feet
    B8 B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B8 …
  2. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cortelyou Rd & Stratford Rd 21 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3701 18th Avenue Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
45
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
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 2,000 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 1928 and 1935.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and January 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 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Parkville Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Parkville Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310345.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Peace Academy School
    310 feet
  2. P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School
    360 feet
  3. Nayema Universal Child Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    410 feet
Show all 8
  1. Inst for Career Training & Developme Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. Snapdragon Place Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. Manhattan School of Computer Technol Trade or language school
    590 feet
  4. Step Up Therapy Services Pt, Ot, SLP Preschool
    1,000 feet
  5. Brooklyn Dreams Charter School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Newkirk Community Garden
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Rose of Lima RC Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1075 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    750 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1081 Coney Island Avenue Older adult center
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 25 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Parkville Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.