West 13th Street & Highlawn Avenue

West 13th Street and Highlawn Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (West), 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. 97 the Highlawn is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.

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West 13th Street & Highlawn Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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, 340 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stillwell Av/80 St B4
    340 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
    1.1 miles
  3. 8949 Bay Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

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 June 2023.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Highlawn Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 13th Street

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

West side of West 13th Street

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 97 the Highlawn School
    730 feet
  2. Yesodot Hatorah School
    1,000 feet
  3. Stillwell Avenue Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Little Scholars Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Highlawn Library
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. V&W Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. West 6 Fruits & Vegetable Store Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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.