Gravesend Neck Road & West Street

Gravesend Neck Road and West Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gravesend Triangle is 430 feet away, and Lady Moody Triangle is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
720 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,160 feet
Avenue U/E 1 St · B3
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gravesend Neck Road & West Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 720 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    720 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 Avenue U/E 1 St, 1,160 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/E 1 St B3
    1,160 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

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

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    900 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    1,270 feet
  3. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 385 Avenue W Pre-K center
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our Lady of Grace Catholic Acad School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gravesend Triangle
    430 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Lady Moody Triangle
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    720 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 six food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gravesend Neck Road or West 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.