East 15th Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 15th Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay is 650 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.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
190 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Ocean Av/Neck Rd · T464
Within a walk
6 places
5 religious buildings and 1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 15th Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 190 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    190 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

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.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Neck Rd T464
    0.3 miles
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Carolina silverbell and the hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 15th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • Metered parking 4 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
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 309315 and 312985.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mellett Playground
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    460 feet
  2. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 15th Street or Gravesend Neck Road.

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