Stillwell Avenue & Bay 43rd Street

Stillwell Avenue and Bay 43rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Meucci Triangle is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, 25 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, five of them schools, and 12 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
25 Av
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
86 St/Stillwell Av · B1, B3, B4
Within a walk
16 places
5 schools, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stillwell Avenue & Bay 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 25 Av, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av D
    1,150 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
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 86 St N
    0.5 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 86 St/Stillwell Av, 520 feet away, for the B1, B3 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Stillwell Av B1, B3, B4 · Shelter
    520 feet
    B1 B3 B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B3 …
  3. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    790 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
43
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 43rd Street

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

West side of Bay 43rd Street

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

West side of Stillwell Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools

Schools and child care

  1. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. High School of Sports Management School
    880 feet
  3. International High School at Lafayette School
    880 feet
Show all 10
  1. Kingsborough Early College School
    880 feet
  2. Leaders High School
    880 feet
  3. Life Academy High School for Business and Technology School
    880 feet
  4. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  5. Cts Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  6. Brooklyn Medical Tech Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  7. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    70 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    100 feet
  3. Meucci Triangle
    580 feet
Show all 4
  1. Scarangella Park Playground
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay 43rd Street or Stillwell Avenue.

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