Amherst Street & Hampton Avenue

Amherst Street and Hampton Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Mesivta & Yeshiva Gedolah-Manhattan is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Brighton Beach, is about ten minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1951, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Brighton Beach
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
West End Av/Hampton Av · B49
Within a walk
15 places
5 religious buildings, 5 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Amherst Street & Hampton Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Brighton Beach, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Brighton Beach B, Q
    0.5 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Mermade/Dionysus and the Pirates” (1999) by Dan George at the Brighton Beach station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is West End Av/Hampton Av, 360 feet away, for the B49.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. West End Av/Hampton Av B49 · Shelter
    360 feet
    B49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2750 East 12th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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 November 2017.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11235
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and April 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Amherst Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-2PM

West side of Amherst Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM

North side of Hampton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-2PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hampton Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MAY 15-SEP 15 SATURDAY SUNDAY & HOLIDAYS
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-2PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Little Scholars Learning Center III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Mesivta & Yeshiva Gedolah-Manhattan School
    540 feet
  3. Shulamith of Brooklyn School
    810 feet
Show all 8
  1. Learn and Explore Academy School
    830 feet
  2. Tiny Titans DCC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,030 feet
  3. ABC Plus Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. P.S. K225 - the Eileen E. Zaglin School
    1,300 feet
  5. P.S. K771 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Babi Yar Triangle Playground
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Temple Beth El Manhattanbeach House of worship
    210 feet
  2. Manhattan Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    730 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 161 Corbin Place Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along Amherst Street or Hampton Avenue.

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.