Avenue Z & Ford Street
Avenue Z and Ford Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Playground 286 is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Batchelder St/Avenue Z, is 290 feet away for the BM3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them playgrounds, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Batchelder St/Avenue Z, 290 feet away, for the BM3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Batchelder St/Avenue Z BM3290 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
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 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 two crashes 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 January 2025.
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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,400 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 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Avenue Z
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K1,060 feet
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 51,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground 286 Playground820 feet
- Yak Playground1,100 feet
- Sheepshead Playground1,110 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center830 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Ford Street & Kouwenhoven Lane 110 feet
- Avenue Z & Batchelder Street 260 feet
- Avenue Z & Coyle Street 270 feet
- Avenue Z & Brown Street 520 feet
- Avenue Z & Haring Street 780 feet
- Voorhies Avenue & Ford Street 830 feet
- Avenue Y & Batchelder Street 1,040 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Z 1,050 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Z or Ford Street.