West 2nd Street & West Brighton Avenue

West 2nd Street and West Brighton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Coney Island-Sea Gate, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Temple Beth Abraham is 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Ocean Pkwy, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ocean Pkwy
290 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
West Brighton Av/W 2 St · B68
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 2nd Street & West Brighton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ocean Pkwy, 290 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Pkwy Q
    290 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Coney Island
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. W 8 St-NY Aquarium F, Q
    0.4 miles
    F Q
  2. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Coney Island Reliefs” (2010) by Deborah Masters at the Ocean Pkwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West Brighton Av/W 2 St, 60 feet away, for the B68.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West Brighton Av/W 2 St B68
    60 feet
    B68

Next buses at this stop

  1. B68 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 294 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 532 Neptune Avenue Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11224
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
48
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Coney Island-Sea Gate
Elevation
7 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1956 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 34 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 2nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of West Brighton Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of West Brighton Avenue

  • Ambulettes and Access-A-Ride only 1 sign AMBULETTE & ACCESS-A-RIDE ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 100 the Coney Island School
    450 feet
  2. Basin Prep II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    590 feet
  3. P.S. 370 School
    600 feet
Show all 4
  1. Chabad Lubavitch of West Brighton-Manhattan Beach Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Century Playground
    70 feet
  2. Asser Levy Park
    300 feet
  3. Jonas Bandshell in Asser Levy Park Park feature
    550 feet
Show all 5
  1. Asser Levy Playground
    760 feet
  2. Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ocean Parkway Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Brighton Beach Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth Abraham House of worship
    370 feet
  2. Sea Breeze Jewish Center House of worship
    440 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West 2nd Street or West Brighton Avenue.

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