McDonald Avenue & Village Road North

McDonald Avenue and Village Road North meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yeshivat Magen Abraham is 780 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 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
70 feet · 1 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
McDonald Av/Av U · B90
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
McDonald Avenue & Village Road North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    70 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 McDonald Av/Av U, 140 feet away, for the B90.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 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 mile 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

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1930 and 1949.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 17 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2015 and January 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of McDonald Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-7PM

North side of Village Road North

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 307458 and 308151.

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
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Yeshivat Magen Abraham School
    780 feet
  3. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    870 feet
Show all 5
  1. Coney Island Prep Charter High School
    1,180 feet
  2. MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH- Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lady Moody Triangle
    270 feet
  2. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    620 feet
  3. McDonald Playground
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Trinity Tabernacle Gravesend Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. St Simon St Jude Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Gravesend Post Office
    460 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 15 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 McDonald Avenue 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.