Gravesend Neck Road & Village Road East

Gravesend Neck Road and Village Road East meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Post Office is 670 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 ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
520 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
McDonald Av/Av U · B90
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gravesend Neck Road & Village Road East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.5 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 McDonald Av/Av U, 1,080 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Av U B90
    1,080 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 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 45 trees within 330 feet.

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 May 2015 and January 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Village Road East

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Village Road East

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

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
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    620 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    640 feet
  3. Lady Moody Triangle
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    360 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gravesend Neck Road or Village Road East.

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.