Avenue V & Ford Street
Avenue V and Ford Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Nostrand development. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 216 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Herman Dolgon Playground is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue U/Ford St, is 870 feet away for the B3. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue U/Ford St, 870 feet away, for the B3.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue U/Ford St B3870 feetB3
Next buses at this stop
- B3 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station0.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.5 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.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 216 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,601st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 130 more were issued.
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
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1952.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Nostrand development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 community center
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5830 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,030 feet
- Bambi Day Care III School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,090 feet
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- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,120 feet
- Kings Bay Y Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Herman Dolgon Playground460 feet
Health care
- Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice1,020 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Beford Bay House of worship1,090 feet
Community centers and public services
- Community center at Sheepshead Bay Community center1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store760 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue V & Batchelder Street 260 feet
- Avenue V & Coyle Street 270 feet
- Avenue V & Brown Street 520 feet
- Avenue V & Bragg Street 530 feet
- Avenue V & Haring Street 780 feet
- Avenue U & Ford Street 780 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 800 feet
- Avenue U & Batchelder Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Avenue V or Ford Street.