Avenue Y & Knapp Street
Avenue Y and Knapp Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The site-specific installation “Wave Wall in Green” is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Voorhies Av/Knapp St, is 0.3 miles away for the B4, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Voorhies Av/Knapp St, 0.3 miles away, for the B4.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Voorhies Av/Knapp St B40.3 milesB4
Next buses at this stop
- B4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2472 Knapp Street Gas station200 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.5 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 10 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 4 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
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
- 11 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1955.
Trees
Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Knapp Street
- No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 10PM-5AM ALL DAYS
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Coney Island Water Pollution Control Plant.
- Wave Wall in Green Site-specific installation by Ned Smyth, 1996780 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Yak Playground870 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue Y & Brigham Street 280 feet
- Avenue Y & Bragg Street 540 feet
- Avenue X & Knapp Street 780 feet
- Avenue Y & Coyle Street 810 feet
- Knapp Street & Allen Avenue 870 feet
- Avenue X & Brigham Street 1,060 feet
- Garland Court & Allen Avenue 1,090 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Fane Court 1,220 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Y or Knapp Street.