Aster Court & Channel Avenue
Aster Court and Channel 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. P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach is 590 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Channel Av, is 220 feet away for the B31, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Channel Av, 220 feet away, for the B31.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Channel Av B31 · Shelter220 feetB31
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 April 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1920 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and October 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Aster Court
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of Channel Avenue
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach School590 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park220 feet
- Dr John's Playground790 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Bevy Court & Channel Avenue 130 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Channel Avenue 170 feet
- Celeste Court & Channel Avenue 270 feet
- Dictum Court & Channel Avenue 400 feet
- Aster Court & Bijou Avenue 460 feet
- Aster Court & Devon Avenue 460 feet
- Ebony Court & Channel Avenue 540 feet
- Bevy Court & Devon Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Aster Court or Channel Avenue.