Avenue V & Knapp Street
Avenue V and Knapp Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,089 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Marine Park is 850 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, is 320 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, 320 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Avenue V B31, BM4 · Shelter320 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
- 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 station820 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 3,089 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 289th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,618 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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 1,600 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 1953.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Knapp Street
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
West side of Knapp Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 322999.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School610 feet
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School960 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K1,090 feet
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- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park850 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station1,060 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket530 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,020 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue V & Gerritsen Avenue 270 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 330 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Plumb 1st Street 400 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 510 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 550 feet
- Avenue V & Bragg Street 600 feet
- Avenue V & Burnett Street 810 feet
- Avenue U & Brigham Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Avenue V or Knapp Street.