Batchelder Street & Voorhies Avenue
Batchelder Street and Voorhies Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Playground is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St, is 420 feet away for the BM3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St, 420 feet away, for the BM3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Shore Pkwy/Batchelder St BM3420 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.
- 4 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K500 feet
- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay School1,180 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground1,120 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Voorhies Avenue & Ford Street 260 feet
- Brown Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- Haring Street & Voorhies Avenue 520 feet
- Coyle Street & Voorhies Avenue 530 feet
- Shore Parkway & Ford Street 680 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brown Street 680 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 790 feet
- Voorhies Avenue & Bragg Street 800 feet
See every intersection along Batchelder Street or Voorhies Avenue.