East 13th Street & Avenue Y

East 13th Street and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Bay Library is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Avenue Z/E 13 St · B36
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay 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. Neck Rd Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 13 St, 870 feet away, for the B36.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 13 St B36
    870 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,260 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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, June 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1962.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and February 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,200 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,090 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 Avenue Y or East 13th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.