Van Sicklen Street & Village Road South

Van Sicklen Street and Village Road South meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cutinella Triangle is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
930 feet · 4 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Avenue U/Van Sicklen St · B3
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Sicklen Street & Village Road South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    930 feet
    F

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. F …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. F …

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. Ave X F
    0.3 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Brooklyn Transitions” (2018) by Andrea Belag at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Van Sicklen St, 1,030 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/Van Sicklen St B3 · Shelter
    1,030 feet
    B3
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 626 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and February 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Van Sicklen Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Village Road South

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Village Road South

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1700 and 1725.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 cemetery

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    750 feet
  2. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet
  3. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    40 feet
  2. Cutinella Triangle
    1,050 feet
  3. Lady Moody Triangle
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Van Sicklen Street or Village Road South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.