West 7th Street & Lake Place

West 7th Street and Lake Place meet at a four-way crossing in Gravesend (East)-Homecrest, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Old Gravesend Cemetery is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave U, is about two 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 religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave U
620 feet · 2 min on foot · N
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Avenue U/W 8 St · B3
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 cemetery and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave U, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave U N
    620 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. Ave U F
    0.3 miles
    F

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 8 St, 700 feet away, for the B3.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue U/W 8 St B3
    700 feet
    B3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2965 86th Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 431 Avenue P Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2015.

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 (East)-Homecrest
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • 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 1925 and 1931.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West 7th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of West 7th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318217 and 323240.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Znayka on Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Old Gravesend Cemetery Listed historic place
    1,030 feet
  2. Cutinella Triangle
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 12 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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