Kings Highway & 78th Street

Kings Highway and 78th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Magen David Yeshivah High School is 170 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Bay Pkwy/78 St · B6, B82, B82 SBS
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bay Pkwy/78 St, 220 feet away, for the B6, B82 and B82 SBS.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bay Pkwy/78 St B6, B82, B82 SBS · Shelter
    220 feet
    B6 B82 B82 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B82 …
  3. B82 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    370 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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 November 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11214
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 19 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 78th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Kings Highway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Kings Highway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320869.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    170 feet
  2. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  3. Yeshiva Ohel Moshe School
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  2. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    800 feet
  3. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    800 feet
  4. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  5. Little Berries II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    660 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst Community center · preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    350 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 78th Street or Kings Highway.

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