East 2nd Street & Avenue Z
East 2nd Street and Avenue Z meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. The corner is also named Lawrence Fisk Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. West Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue Z/Ocean Pkwy, is 210 feet away for the B4, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them hospitals, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/Ocean Pkwy, 210 feet away, for the B4.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue Z/Ocean Pkwy B4210 feetB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2965 86th Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.5 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11223
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 47
- Police precinct
- 60
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Gravesend (South)
- Elevation
- 7 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Lawrence Fisk Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Lawrence Fisk Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and August 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue Z
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of East 2nd Street
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
West side of East 2nd Street
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 hospitals
- 1 ambulance station
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Neshama 1 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K40 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- West Playground570 feet
Health care
- EMS Station 43 Ambulance station1,100 feet
- Coney Island Hospital1,270 feet
- South Brooklyn Health Hospital1,270 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,180 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue Z & East 1st Street 260 feet
- East 2nd Street & Brighton Court 260 feet
- Ocean Parkway & Avenue Z 400 feet
- East 2nd Street & Manhattan Court 510 feet
- Avenue Z & West Street 520 feet
- East 2nd Street & Avenue Y 780 feet
- Avenue Z & West 1st Street 780 feet
- West Street & Murdock Court 790 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Z or East 2nd Street.