West 11th Street & Lake Place

West 11th Street and Lake Place meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Christ Temple United is 210 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 ten public places, three of them playgrounds, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Avenue U/W 11 St · B3
Within a walk
10 places
3 playgrounds, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 11th Street & Lake Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    1,290 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 86 St N
    0.3 miles
    N
  2. 25 Av D
    0.4 miles
    D

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky” (2018) by Sally Gil at the Ave U station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/W 11 St, 430 feet away, for the B3.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 11 St B3
    430 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2616 86th Street Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
43
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (West)
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 700 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and February 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Lake Place

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 11th Street

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Meucci Triangle.

  1. Antonio Meucci Memorial Statue, 1989
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. Dmi Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. I P Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Meucci Triangle
    560 feet
  2. Police Officer John G. Scarangella Park
    870 feet
  3. Scarangella Park Playground
    1,100 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lafayette Playground
    1,290 feet
  2. Marlboro Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Temple United House of worship
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Lake Place or West 11th Street.

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