Stillwell Avenue & Bay 47th Street

Stillwell Avenue and Bay 47th Street meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Bay 50 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the D. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Bay 50 St
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · D
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Harway Av/Bay 47 St · B64
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stillwell Avenue & Bay 47th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Bay 50 St, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Bay 50 St D
    1,200 feet
    D

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    0.5 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Harway Av/Bay 47 St, 1,190 feet away, for the B64.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Harway Av/Bay 47 St B64
    1,190 feet
    B64

Next buses at this stop

  1. B64 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Marlboro development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Shawnee Brave' bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bay 47th Street

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

West side of Bay 47th Street

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

West side of Stillwell Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center #6 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Coney Island Prep Upper Elementary School
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    810 feet
  2. Lafayette Playground
    890 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Marlboro Playground
    1,020 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Marlboro Jewish Center House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Most Precious Blood Church House of worship
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bay 47th Street or Stillwell Avenue.

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