East 15th Street & Avenue W
East 15th Street and Avenue W 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. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- Neck Rd Q330 feetQ
Next trains at this station
Manhattan
1 line- Q …
Southbound
1 line- Q …
Also within a walk
- Ave U Q0.3 milesQ
The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “West Wall, East Light, Morning” (2011) by Mary Temple at the Neck Rd station.
Bus
The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Neck Rd, 0.3 miles away, for the T464.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ocean Av/Neck Rd T4640.3 milesT464
Next buses at this stop
- T464 …
Cycling
- 12 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2 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 July 2013.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 48
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1963.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Mellett Playground1,130 feet
Houses of worship
- First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship510 feet
Supermarkets
- NetCost Market Supermarket590 feet
- Star Market Supermarket0.4 miles
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and 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:
- East 15th Street & Gravesend Neck Road 140 feet
- East 16th Street & Gravesend Neck Road 400 feet
- East 14th Street & Gravesend Neck Road 400 feet
- East 16th Street & Avenue W 620 feet
- East 13th Street & Gravesend Neck Road 660 feet
- East 17th Street & Gravesend Neck Road 680 feet
- Avenue V & East 15th Street 820 feet
- Avenue X & East 15th Street 840 feet
See every intersection along Avenue W or East 15th Street.