Van Sicklen Street & Wolf Place

Van Sicklen Street and Wolf Place 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. 095 the Gravesend is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · F
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
86 St/Van Sicklen St · B1, B4
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Sicklen Street & Wolf Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U F
    1,190 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 86 St/Van Sicklen St, 880 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Van Sicklen St B1, B4
    880 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 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, 0.8 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
    1.1 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
44 and 47 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1925 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Van Sicklen Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Wolf Place

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

South side of Wolf Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

  1. Gravesend Cemetery Designated landmark
    750 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    960 feet
  2. P.S. 095 the Gravesend School
    1,010 feet
  3. Big Apple Institute Site 2 School
    1,050 feet
Show all 5
  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Cutinella Triangle
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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 Wolf Place.

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