East 13th Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 13th Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Darchei Eres is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
720 feet · 3 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
1,100 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue W · B68
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 13th Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    720 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.4 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 Coney Island Av/Avenue W, 1,100 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue W B68
    1,100 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 13th Street

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

West side of East 13th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 305230 and 317330.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    980 feet
  2. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,170 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 13th Street or Gravesend Neck Road.

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