Gravesend Neck Road & East 1st Street

Gravesend Neck Road and East 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
990 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,200 feet
Avenue U/E 2 St · B3
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gravesend Neck Road & East 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Ave U F
    990 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/E 2 St, 1,200 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 2 St B3
    1,200 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
15 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 1930 and 1960.

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
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 1st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Acad School
    1,020 feet
  2. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 385 Avenue W Pre-K center
    1,020 feet
  3. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    150 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Beth El Flatbush Congregation House of worship
    1,100 feet
  3. Our Lady of Grace Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 1st Street or Gravesend Neck Road.

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