Kings Highway & Lake Street

Kings Highway and Lake Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center is 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them older adult centers, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
250 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Kings Hwy/McDonald Av · B90
Within a walk
9 places
3 older adult centers, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & Lake Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    250 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
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Kings Hwy N
    0.4 miles
    N

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/McDonald Av, 170 feet away, for the B90.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/McDonald Av B90
    170 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Kings Highway carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, every day.

Cycling

  • 32 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Autumnalis' Higan cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Kings Highway (north side).

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Lake Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Lake Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 312443, 315258 and 322427.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    210 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  3. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    520 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    1,250 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    520 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    600 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    960 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    210 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 23 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or Lake Street.

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