Dictum Court & Bijou Avenue
Dictum Court and Bijou 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. Marine Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Bijou Av, is 620 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 and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Bijou Av, 620 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Bijou Av B31, BM4620 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 mile by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.9 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 June 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- 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 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1945.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and September 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Bijou Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Dictum Court
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
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
- P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach School780 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park670 feet
- Dr John's Playground740 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Celeste Court & Bijou Avenue 130 feet
- Ebony Court & Bijou Avenue 140 feet
- Bevy Court & Bijou Avenue 270 feet
- Aster Court & Bijou Avenue 400 feet
- Dictum Court & Channel Avenue 460 feet
- Dictum Court & Allen Avenue 470 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Bijou Avenue 570 feet
- Celeste Court & Allen Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Bijou Avenue or Dictum Court.