Avenue X & Bragg Street
Avenue X and Bragg Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of NYCHA's Nostrand development. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Professional Pathways High School is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue X/Batchelder St, is 870 feet away for the BM3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them schools, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue X/Batchelder St, 870 feet away, for the BM3.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue X/Batchelder St BM3870 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station560 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 14 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.
What the city has done here
- Enhanced crossing, November 2019
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- 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
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1955.
The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Nostrand development.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue X
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue X
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Bragg Street
- Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 schools
- 1 garden
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Origins High School780 feet
- Professional Pathways High School780 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Sheepshead Bay School780 feet
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- United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LLL School780 feet
- J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School1,060 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- The Sunlight Garden - Sheepshead Nostrand Houses (NYCHA) Garden860 feet
- Yak Playground1,050 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two 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 X & Brigham Street 270 feet
- Avenue X & Coyle Street 270 feet
- Avenue X & Knapp Street 540 feet
- Knapp Street & Allen Avenue 630 feet
- Avenue W & Bragg Street 780 feet
- Avenue Y & Bragg Street 780 feet
- Avenue X & Batchelder Street 790 feet
- Garland Court & Allen Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along Avenue X or Bragg Street.