Burnett Street & Whitney Avenue
Burnett Street and Whitney Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Dr John's Playground is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, is 570 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av, 570 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Whitney Av B31, BM4 · Shelter570 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station0.4 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.7 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 January 2014.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61 and 63 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1957.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School900 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park60 feet
- Dr John's Playground1,140 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- Stuart Street & Whitney Avenue 260 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue 540 feet
- Whitney Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 660 feet
- Avenue V & Burnett Street 780 feet
- Avenue X & Burnett Street 780 feet
- Plumb 1st Street & Whitney Avenue 970 feet
- Avenue X & Stuart Street 1,030 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along Burnett Street or Whitney Avenue.