Kings Highway & West 11th Street

Kings Highway and West 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 471 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Highlawn Library is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about four minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1936, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
990 feet · 4 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Kings Hwy/W 11 St · B82
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy N
    990 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Bay Pkwy N
    0.5 miles
    N

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 11 St, 90 feet away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 11 St B82 · Shelter
    90 feet
    B82
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 471 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,221st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 225 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1936.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-NOON

South side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 11th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 11th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309959, 310935 and 313504.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    280 feet
  2. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    870 feet
  3. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,040 feet
Show all 6
  1. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    1,110 feet
  3. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ketchum Triangle
    470 feet
  2. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    650 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Highlawn Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 West 11th Street.

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