Brown Street & Voorhies Avenue
Brown Street and Voorhies Avenue 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. P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, is 590 feet away for the B44, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, 590 feet away, for the B44.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av B44590 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
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.
- 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 cars2.3 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 November 2019.
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 1,100 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 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K750 feet
- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay School930 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground860 feet
- Playground 286 Playground1,130 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center1,140 feet
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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Haring Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- Batchelder Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- Shore Parkway & Brown Street 450 feet
- Voorhies Avenue & Ford Street 520 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 530 feet
- Coyle Street & Voorhies Avenue 790 feet
- East 29th Street & Voorhies Avenue 820 feet
- Avenue Z & Brown Street 830 feet
See every intersection along Brown Street or Voorhies Avenue.