Avenue Y & Batchelder Street
Avenue Y and Batchelder Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School is 620 feet away, and Professional Pathways High School is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Batchelder St/Avenue Z, is 850 feet away for the BM3, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them schools, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Batchelder St/Avenue Z, 850 feet away, for the BM3.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Batchelder St/Avenue Z BM3850 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station1,100 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 5 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two 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 1955 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 19 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue Y
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of Batchelder Street
- Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM
West side of Batchelder Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 schools
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School620 feet
- J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School710 feet
- Origins High School780 feet
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- Professional Pathways High School780 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Sheepshead Bay School780 feet
- United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LLL School780 feet
- Sheepshead Bay Child care1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Yak Playground60 feet
- Playground 286 Playground310 feet
- The Sunlight Garden - Sheepshead Nostrand Houses (NYCHA) Garden850 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Park Jewish Center House of worship380 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch840 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket1,060 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center570 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and nine food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 Y & Brown Street 260 feet
- Avenue Y & Haring Street 520 feet
- Avenue Y & Coyle Street 530 feet
- Avenue Z & Batchelder Street 780 feet
- Avenue X & Batchelder Street 780 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Y 790 feet
- Avenue Y & Bragg Street 800 feet
- Avenue Z & Ford Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Y or Batchelder Street.