Gravesend Neck Road & Homecrest Avenue

Gravesend Neck Road and Homecrest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mellett Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
980 feet · 4 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Coney Island Av/Avenue W · B68
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gravesend Neck Road & Homecrest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 980 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    980 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.5 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Coney Island Av/Avenue W, 830 feet away, for the B68.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Coney Island Av/Avenue W B68
    830 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2489 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
11 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Homecrest Avenue

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

West side of Homecrest Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 317330.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Darchei Eres School
    720 feet
  2. Starlight Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 1215 Avenue X Pre-K center
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    1,070 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Homecrest Library
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 61st Precinct Police station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gravesend Neck Road or Homecrest Avenue.

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.