Avenue Y & Brown Street
Avenue Y and Brown Street meet at a three-way junction 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. Playground 286 is 50 feet away, and Origins High School is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue Y, is 610 feet away for the B36 and B44, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them schools, and eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue Y, 610 feet away, for the B36 and B44.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Avenue Y B36, B44610 feetB36 B44
Next buses at this stop
- B36 …
- B44 …
Cycling
- 26 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.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station840 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 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 September 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 48
- 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
- One of the streets is one-way
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 42 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
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue Y
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
East side of Brown Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- 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 School360 feet
- J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School710 feet
- Sheepshead Bay Child care1,040 feet
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- Origins High School1,040 feet
- Professional Pathways High School1,040 feet
- Success Academy Charter School - Sheepshead Bay School1,040 feet
- United Charter High School for Advanced Math and Science LLL School1,040 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground 286 Playground50 feet
- Yak Playground320 feet
- The Sunlight Garden - Sheepshead Nostrand Houses (NYCHA) Garden900 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Park Jewish Center House of worship140 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch570 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket790 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store1,140 feet
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center310 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 11 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue Y & Haring Street 260 feet
- Avenue Y & Batchelder Street 260 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Y 530 feet
- Avenue X & Brown Street 780 feet
- Avenue Y & Coyle Street 790 feet
- East 29th Street & Avenue Y 820 feet
- Avenue Z & Haring Street 1,040 feet
- Avenue X & Haring Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Y or Brown Street.