Homecrest is a predominantly residential neighborhood and is bounded mainly by Coney Island Avenue on the west, Kings Highway on the north, Ocean Avenue on the east and Avenue S on the south. 

The area is characterized by two- and three-story residences, with corridors of apartment houses on Ocean Avenue, East 12th  and East 13th  Streets and parts of Kings Highway. An express stop on the B and Q lines is located on Kings Highway at East 16th Street. Commercial activity is concentrated on Kings Highway and parts of Ocean Avenue.

While the area was mainly built up by WWII, small-scale construction continued into the 1980s -- mostly groups of three- or four-family semi-detached houses with ground floor garages. More recent new construction has included out-of-scale apartment buildings up to seven stories high on predominantly low-rise blocks.