East 14th Street & Avenue Z

East 14th Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Fannie & Pete Pompilio’s Gothic Press Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Post Office is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about two 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 33 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
400 feet · 2 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
E 14 St/Sheepshead Bay Rd · B4, B49, B102
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. 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, 130 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
    130 feet
    B4 B49 B102
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B49 …
  3. B102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 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, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 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
7 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Fannie & Pete Pompilio’s Gothic Press Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2026 (Local Law 48 of 2026).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1957 and 1962.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Fannie & Pete Pompilio’s Gothic Press Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

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

South side of Avenue Z

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of East 14th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 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 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 303886, 305235, 310537 and 320550.

Schools, parks 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
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet
  2. Lighthouse Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    850 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    390 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    300 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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