McDonald Avenue & Sloan Place

McDonald Avenue and Sloan Place meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Coney Island Prep Charter High School is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
580 feet
Avenue U/McDonald Av · B3
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Sloan Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Kings Hwy 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 Avenue U/McDonald Av, 580 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/McDonald Av B3 · Shelter
    580 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 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, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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 (West)

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 800 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

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the shingle oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Sloan Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Sloan Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1830 and 1835.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESH-ISSAC SHLM Elementary School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    760 feet
  3. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    770 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    880 feet
  2. Magen David Yesh-Isaac Shalom School
    970 feet
  3. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McDonald Playground
    490 feet
  2. Lady Moody Triangle
    860 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hubbard House Listed historic place
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    470 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    760 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along McDonald Avenue or Sloan Place.

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