Kings Highway & West 1st Street

Kings Highway and West 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them older adult centers, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
570 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Kings Hwy/W 2 St · B82
Within a walk
8 places
3 older adult centers, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 1st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 570 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    570 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave P F
    0.4 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/W 2 St, 380 feet away, for the B82.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy/W 2 St B82
    380 feet
    B82

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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. 1763 86th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

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 1,400 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 1955.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Kings Highway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-9PM ALL DAYS
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-2PM

East side of West 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 1st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 302426, 310785, 311671 and 312950.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 older adult centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 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
    120 feet
  2. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  3. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 28 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Kings Highway or West 1st 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.