East 15th Street & Avenue Y

East 15th Street and Avenue Y meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold is 1,110 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 16 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,030 feet · 4 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Avenue Z/E 15 St · T464
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 15th Street & Avenue Y Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,030 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,030 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 Avenue Z/E 15 St, 800 feet away, for the T464.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 15 St T464
    800 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 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. 3010 Ocean 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 seven crashes at this corner, the median for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1962.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and April 2021, 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 15th Street

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

West side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 309957.

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 school

Schools and child care

  1. Magic Kingdom of Sheepshead Bay Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  2. P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold School
    1,110 feet
  3. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    820 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Y or East 15th 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.