Stillwell Avenue & Highlawn Avenue

Stillwell Avenue and Highlawn Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 97 the Highlawn is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1932, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
8 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Stillwell Av/80 St · B4
Within a walk
3 places
2 schools and 1 older adult center, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stillwell Avenue & Highlawn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kings Hwy N
    0.3 miles
    N

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. N …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. N …

Also within a walk

  1. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stillwell Av/80 St, 60 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/80 St B4
    60 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 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, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1626 Stillwell Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 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 1923 and 1932.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2023 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Stillwell Avenue (west side).

North side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stillwell Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310757 and 312591.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    670 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 1787 Stillwell Avenue Older adult center
    240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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 Highlawn Avenue or Stillwell Avenue.

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