Gravesend Neck Road & Van Sicklen Street

Gravesend Neck Road and Van Sicklen 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. Lady Moody Triangle is 630 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
530 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Avenue U/Van Sicklen St · B3
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gravesend Neck Road & Van Sicklen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 530 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    530 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 86 St N
    0.4 miles
    N

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/Van Sicklen St, 560 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Van Sicklen St B3 · Shelter
    560 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & West 2nd Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1932.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and March 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

East side of Van Sicklen Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    290 feet
  2. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    280 feet
  2. Lady Moody Triangle
    630 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gravesend Neck Road or Van Sicklen Street.

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