Kings Highway & West 2nd Street

Kings Highway and West 2nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highlawn Post Office is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
840 feet · 3 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Kings Hwy/W 2 St · B82
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 older adult centers and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Kings Highway & West 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy F
    840 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, 110 feet away, for the B82.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B82 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2524 65th Street Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
26 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and July 2024, 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 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-9PM ALL DAYS

East side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  3. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,120 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    1,190 feet
  3. Highlawn Post Office
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and 27 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 West 2nd Street.

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