East 28th Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 28th Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gravesend Neck Rd/E 29 St, is 330 feet away for the B36, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

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East 28th Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gravesend Neck Rd/E 29 St, 330 feet away, for the B36.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gravesend Neck Rd/E 29 St B36
    330 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
46
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of East 28th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of East 28th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309446 and 310968.

Schools, parks 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
  • 1 community center
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Kings Bay Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galapo Playground
    890 feet

Health care

  1. The Chateau at Brooklyn Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Community center at Sheepshead Bay Community center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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