Avenue V & Gerritsen Avenue
Avenue V and Gerritsen Avenue meet at a four-way crossing 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. The Engine 321 firehouse is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, is 70 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, 70 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Avenue V B31, BM4 · Shelter70 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 8 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 mile by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station750 feet
- 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2021.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
Homes
About 1,300 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 1952 and 1955.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 7 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2020 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue V
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Gerritsen Avenue
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School340 feet
- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,220 feet
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park580 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station990 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket450 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy950 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gerritsen Avenue & Plumb 1st Street 130 feet
- Avenue V & Knapp Street 270 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 280 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 430 feet
- Avenue V & Burnett Street 540 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 600 feet
- Avenue U & Brigham Street 760 feet
- Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along Avenue V or Gerritsen Avenue.