McDonald Avenue & Billings Place

McDonald Avenue and Billings Place meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. McDonald Playground is 700 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about a minute on foot, for the F. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1921 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
280 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
McDonald Av/Kings HWY · B90
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 older adult centers and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Billings Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Kings Hwy F
    280 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave P F
    0.4 miles
    F
  2. Ave U 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 McDonald Av/Kings HWY, 270 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Kings HWY B90
    270 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 34 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, 1.5 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. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61 and 62 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Billings Place

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

South side of Billings Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 older adult centers
  • 3 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Allstar Academy of NY Trade or language school
    590 feet
  2. Yeshivat Darches Eres - Girls HS School
    640 feet
  3. Little Sprout Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
Show all 8
  1. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,010 feet
  2. P.S. 215 Morris H. Weiss School
    1,020 feet
  3. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    1,040 feet
  4. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  5. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sephardic Multi Services Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    590 feet
  2. Older adult center at 1963 McDonald Avenue Older adult center
    670 feet
  3. Older adult center at 1879 East 3rd Street Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    420 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 22 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Billings Place or McDonald Avenue.

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