Coney Island Avenue & Slocum Place

Coney Island Avenue and Slocum Place 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. M.S. 890 is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Cortelyou Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1918 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Cortelyou Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl · B68
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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Coney Island Avenue & Slocum Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Cortelyou Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Beverley Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Garden Stops” (1994) by Patsy Norvell at the Cortelyou Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl, 120 feet away, for the B68.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Slocum Pl B68
    120 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Stratford Rd & Beverley Rd 19 docks in all
    1,050 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 619 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    200 feet
  2. 581 Ocean Parkway Charging for electric cars, 13 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11218
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
39
Police precinct
66 and 70 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1918 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Coney Island Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

North side of Slocum Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Slocum Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 333174.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 23 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1897 and 1902.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Honeydew Cortelyou Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    970 feet
  2. Cortelyou Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. M.S. 890 School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 889 School
    1,250 feet

Health care

  1. Palm Gardens Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing home or hospice
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Mannan Halal Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Coney Island Avenue or Slocum 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.