McDonald Avenue & Gravesend Neck Road

McDonald Avenue and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Gravesend Cemetery, one of two Individual Landmarks within 820 feet, stands 150 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 12 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
90 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
McDonald Av/Av U · B90
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 90 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is McDonald Av/Av U, 600 feet away, for the B90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. McDonald Av/Av U B90
    600 feet
    B90

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 11 people 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 15
City Council district
44
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 53 signs on these blocks
  • 18 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and November 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 10pm on McDonald Avenue (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on McDonald Avenue (west side).

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • 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 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 308151, 309050 and 309930.

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
    150 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    600 feet
  2. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Lady Moody Triangle
    730 feet
  3. Gravesend Triangle
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    840 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,060 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gravesend Neck Road or McDonald Avenue.

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.