Aster Court & Florence Avenue
Aster Court and Florence Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St James Evangelical Lutheran Church is 90 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av, is 230 feet away for the B31 and BM4. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, 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/Gotham Av, 230 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av B31, BM4230 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.9 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 June 2023.
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
- 7 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the apple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and March 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Aster Court
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Florence Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park240 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Gerritsen Beach Library570 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship90 feet
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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Bevy Court & Florence Avenue 130 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Florence Avenue 170 feet
- Celeste Court & Florence Avenue 270 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Gotham Avenue 320 feet
- Dictum Court & Florence Avenue 400 feet
- Aster Court & Everett Avenue 460 feet
- Ebony Court & Florence Avenue 540 feet
- Bevy Court & Everett Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Aster Court or Florence Avenue.