East 7th Street & Avenue Z

East 7th Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Avenue Z/E 7 St · B36
Within a walk
10 places
6 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 7 St, 40 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 7 St B36
    40 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,210 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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 October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of East 7th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 7th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 318845.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    100 feet
  2. Mommy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    140 feet
  3. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School
    310 feet
Show all 7
  1. Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    940 feet
  4. Shirat Rachel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 43 Ambulance station
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    370 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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