Kings Highway & West 13th Street

Kings Highway and West 13th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highlawn Library is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the N. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Kings Hwy/W 12 St · B82
Within a walk
14 places
5 schools, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kings Hwy/W 12 St, 190 feet away, for the B82.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 12 St B82
    190 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 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 mile by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022

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
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1940.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Summer Charm' Peking lilac and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Kings Highway

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

South side of Kings Highway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of West 13th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 307482.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
  2. Gold Material BK Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Brooklyn School of Inquiry School
    560 feet
Show all 8
  1. The Academy of Talented Scholars School
    560 feet
  2. Magen David Yeshivah High School
    900 feet
  3. Success Academy Charter School - Bensonhurst School
    1,010 feet
  4. I.S. 096 Seth Low School
    1,020 feet
  5. Brooklyn Elite Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Seth Low Playground/ Bealin Square Park
    610 feet
  2. Ketchum Triangle
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    100 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
    950 feet
  2. Older adult center at 7802 Bay Parkway Older adult center
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or West 13th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.