Avenue Z & East 11th Street

Avenue Z and East 11th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Avenue Z/E 12 St · B36
Within a walk
11 places
7 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue Z & East 11th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 12 St, 230 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 12 St B36
    230 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3003 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,020 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2024

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
8 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1952 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

  • Ambulances and ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULANCE AMBULETTE ONLY 8AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Z

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 11th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 314732.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Mommy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    620 feet
  3. Yeshivat Lev Torah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    660 feet
Show all 8
  1. Bet Yaakov Ohr Sarah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    740 feet
  2. Shirat Rachel Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. P.S. 209 Margaret Mead School
    800 feet
  4. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    990 feet
  5. Five Stars Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Z or East 11th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.