East 13th Street & Avenue V

East 13th Street and Avenue V meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mellett Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Avenue U/E 13 St · B3
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 13th Street & Avenue V Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    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 Avenue U/E 13 St, 860 feet away, for the B3.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 13 St B3
    860 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    1,060 feet
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 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 foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • 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 1925 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue V

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

South side of Avenue V

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

East side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 13th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309453 and 318292.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat or Hatorah School
    760 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue U House of worship
    780 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue V or East 13th Street.

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