Belt Parkway & Knapp Street
Belt Parkway and Knapp Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brooklyn Amity School is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Shore Pkwy/Brigham St, is 170 feet away for the B44 and B44 SBS, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and three places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1961 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Shore Pkwy/Brigham St, 170 feet away, for the B44 and B44 SBS.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Shore Pkwy/Brigham St B44, B44 SBS170 feetB44 B44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
- B44 SBS …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway, 590 feet by car along the streets.
- 2701 Knapp Street Gas station1,190 feet
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
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 and 48 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Homes
About 800 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 1961 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the common hackberry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Brooklyn Amity School610 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park610 feet
- Lew Fidler Park Playground680 feet
Health care
- Sheepshead Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Nursing home or hospice280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Parkway & Knapp Street 110 feet
- Knapp Street & Harkness Avenue 220 feet
- Shore Parkway & Harkness Avenue 340 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brigham Street 430 feet
- Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway 430 feet
- Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue 500 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Harkness Avenue 510 feet
- Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway 560 feet
See every intersection along Belt Parkway or Knapp Street.