Avenue W & Brigham Street
Avenue W and Brigham Street 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. 194 Raoul Wallenberg is 370 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, is 1,240 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1949 and 1953, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, 1,240 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av B31, BM41,240 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Avenue W.
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station1,070 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.7 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 February 2019.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, May 2024
- Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 2,000 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 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Brigham Street
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School370 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue W & Bragg Street 270 feet
- Avenue W & Knapp Street 280 feet
- Knapp Street & Whitney Avenue 420 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 1st Street 560 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Whitney Avenue 750 feet
- Avenue X & Brigham Street 780 feet
- Avenue W & Plumb 2nd Street 820 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 890 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or Brigham Street.