Kings Highway & Avenue R

Kings Highway and Avenue R meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mirrer Yeshiva High School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1926 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
1,010 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Kings Hwy/E 4 St · B82
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 older adult centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & Avenue R Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 1,010 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    1,010 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Southbound
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “We are each others” (2018) by Julien Gardair at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/E 4 St, 200 feet away, for the B82.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/E 4 St B82
    200 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 6th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2020 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Kings Highway (north side).

North side of Avenue R

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 315716.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva K'Tana School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    790 feet
  3. Mirrer Yeshiva Elementary School
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mirrer Yeshiva High School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Pkwy Young Israel House of worship
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    340 feet
  2. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    790 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    700 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 19 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue R or Kings Highway.

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