East 7th Street & Avenue S

East 7th Street and Avenue S meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Peer Hatorah is 390 feet away, and Ocean Pkwy Young Israel is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about eight minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, 16 of them religious buildings. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1938, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue S · B68
Within a walk
23 places
16 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 7th Street & Avenue S Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue S, 1,030 feet away, for the B68.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue S B68 · Shelter
    1,030 feet
    B68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2317 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 1938.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and August 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue S

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue S

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SATURDAY

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7:30AM-5PM

West side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 16 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. B'Not Rachel High School for Girls School
    180 feet
  2. Peer Hatorah School
    390 feet
  3. Sephardic Community Youth Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    1,020 feet
  2. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1960 East 7th Street Older adult center
    120 feet
  2. Sephardic Community Center
    220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue S or East 7th Street.

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