Stryker Street & Southgate Court

Stryker Street and Southgate Court meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave X, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave X
610 feet · 2 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Avenue X/Shell Rd · B1
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Stryker Street & Southgate Court Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave X, 610 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave X F
    610 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 F
    0.3 miles
    F
  2. 86 St N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “AVEX1-6(station)” (2017) by Derek Lerner at the Ave X station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Shell Rd, 460 feet away, for the B1.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue X/Shell Rd B1
    460 feet
    B1

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1 mile
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1955.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand 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
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Southgate Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Southgate Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

East side of Stryker Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304948 and 310946.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Shostakovich School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  3. Big Apple Institute School
    980 feet
Show all 7
  1. Brooklyn's Daily Discovery Pre-K Center at 10 Bouck Court Pre-K center
    1,090 feet
  2. P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini School
    1,140 feet
  3. Yde Girls Elementary School
    1,240 feet
  4. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Gravesend Library
    660 feet
  2. Coney Island Yard Gatehouse (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    880 feet
  3. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 13 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Southgate Court or Stryker Street.

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