East 23rd Street & Avenue W

East 23rd Street and Avenue W meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nachlath Zion Jewish Center is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue W · B49, BM3
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 23rd Street & Avenue W Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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 Ocean Av/Avenue W, 840 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue W B49, BM3
    840 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue W.

  • 7 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
11 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 1926 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of East 23rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of East 23rd Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb School
    870 feet
  2. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Brown Playground
    1,090 feet
  2. Galapo Playground
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Nachlath Zion Jewish Center House of worship
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue W or East 23rd Street.

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