Lake Street & Village Road North

Lake Street and Village Road North meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Lady Moody Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, 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, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
260 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Avenue U/Van Sicklen St · B3
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Lake Street & Village Road North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    260 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Kings Hwy F
    0.4 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Van Sicklen St, 260 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Van Sicklen St B3 · Shelter
    260 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1949.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and October 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Village Road North (south side).

East side of Lake Street

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

West side of Lake Street

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

North side of Village Road North

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 311103, 312930, 319229 and 323641.

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    650 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    40 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,100 feet
  2. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    370 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Lake Street or Village Road North.

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