East 14th Street & Avenue Y

East 14th Street and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Bay Library is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about four minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,180 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
E 14 St/Sheepshead Bay Rd · B4, B49, B102
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 14th Street & Avenue Y Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,180 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,180 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is E 14 St/Sheepshead Bay Rd, 910 feet away, for the B4, B49 and B102.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. E 14 St/Sheepshead Bay Rd B4, B49, B102 · Countdown sign
    910 feet
    B4 B49 B102
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B49 …
  3. B102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2624 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 2758 Coney Island Avenue Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2017

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 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1961.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Y

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 310537 and 320550.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Kingdom of Sheepshead Bay Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  2. Wonder Land P.a Preschool · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,000 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    940 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y or East 14th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.