East 15th Street & Emmons Avenue

East 15th Street and Emmons Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Brooklyn School of Excellence is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and nine places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Emmons Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,320 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Emmons Av/Shore Blvd · BM3
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 15th Street & Emmons Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,320 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,320 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 Emmons Av/Shore Blvd, 100 feet away, for the BM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Emmons Av/Shore Blvd BM3
    100 feet
    BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Emmons Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 860 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 3046 Neptune Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 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 1938 and 1957.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2019 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Emmons Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 98 Bay Academy School
    370 feet
  2. Butterfly Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Tiny Titans DCC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. Brooklyn School of Excellence School
    1,160 feet
  2. Shulamith of Brooklyn School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Lindens Triangle
    630 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Manhattan Beach Jewish Center Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 15th Street or Emmons Avenue.

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