Avenue Z & Batchelder Street
Avenue Z and Batchelder Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Yak Playground is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Batchelder St/Avenue Z, is 70 feet away for the BM3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them playgrounds, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Batchelder St/Avenue Z, 70 feet away, for the BM3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Batchelder St/Avenue Z BM370 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,700 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 1958 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 13 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Avenue Z
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Avenue Z
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Batchelder Street
- Back-in parking only 6 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 5900 feet
- P.S. K811 Connie Lekas School1,200 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground 286 Playground560 feet
- Yak Playground840 feet
- Sheepshead Playground850 feet
Houses of worship
- Shore Park Jewish Center House of worship1,160 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 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 four 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 Z & Ford Street 260 feet
- Avenue Z & Brown Street 260 feet
- Ford Street & Kouwenhoven Lane 370 feet
- Avenue Z & Haring Street 520 feet
- Avenue Z & Coyle Street 530 feet
- Avenue Y & Batchelder Street 780 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Z 790 feet
- Batchelder Street & Voorhies Avenue 830 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Z or Batchelder Street.