West 7th Street & Boynton Place

West 7th Street and Boynton Place meet at a three-way junction in Gravesend (South), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cutinella Triangle is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, 86 St, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
86 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
86 St/Avenue W · B1, B4
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West 7th Street & Boynton Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 86 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St N
    700 feet
    N

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Ave X F
    1,150 feet
    F
  2. Ave U N
    0.4 miles
    N

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Cerebration” (2018) by Karen Margolis at the 86 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 86 St/Avenue W, 500 feet away, for the B1 and B4.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 86 St/Avenue W B1, B4
    500 feet
    B1 B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B1 …
  2. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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
    1,300 feet
  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
    1.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11223
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 13
City Council district
47
Police precinct
60
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Gravesend (South)
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 in 1956.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Boynton Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Boynton Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of West 7th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West 7th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bambi Academy School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,190 feet
  2. Big Apple Institute School
    1,240 feet
  3. Big Apple Academy Elementary School School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cutinella Triangle
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop (Dual System BMT) Listed historic place
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Marlboro Community Center
    940 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2298 West 8th Street Older adult center
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Boynton Place or West 7th Street.

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