Kings Highway & McDonald Avenue

Kings Highway and McDonald Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 2,868 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss is 1,210 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 11 public places, three of them older adult centers, and 19 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & McDonald Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    50 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
    0.3 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 McDonald Av/Kings HWY, 50 feet away, for the B90.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Kings HWY B90
    50 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

  • 38 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, 1.5 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
    0.4 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 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,868 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 63rd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 235 more were issued.

Bus-lane camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Kings Highway1,865156
Westbound on Kings Highway1,00379
Total2,868235

Every corner with bus-lane camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1925 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 22 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on McDonald Avenue (west side).

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 1 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-2PM

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307978, 308185, 309494 and 312443.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    450 feet
  3. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
Show all 5
  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    960 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    280 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    350 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    710 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or McDonald Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.