Stillwell Avenue & 25th Avenue

Stillwell Avenue and 25th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Yesodot Hatorah is 650 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 14 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
670 feet · 3 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Stillwell Av/25 Av · B4
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stillwell Avenue & 25th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    670 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. D …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. D …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Rediscovery” (2012) by Amy Cheng at the 25 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/25 Av, 30 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/25 Av B4
    30 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Bay Parkway at Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    1,250 feet
  2. 8949 Bay Parkway Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 11
City Council district
43
Police precinct
62
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Kentucky coffeetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 25th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Stillwell Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Renaissance Revival, and built between 1895 and 1896.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    650 feet
  3. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Cts Trade or language school
    740 feet
  2. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    810 feet
  3. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet
  4. Gesher Yehuda School
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 253 Fire station · landmark
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    700 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 25th Avenue or Stillwell Avenue.

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