East 15th Street & Sheepshead Bay Road

East 15th Street and Sheepshead Bay Road meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bay Post Office is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about a minute on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 40 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
30 feet · 1 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Avenue Z/E 15 St · T464
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 15th Street & Sheepshead Bay Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    30 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 Avenue Z/E 15 St, 210 feet away, for the T464.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 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, 0.3 miles 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
    1,100 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Sheepshead Bay Road (west side).

North side of Sheepshead Bay Road

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304688 and 308848.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    940 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  3. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Edp School of Computer Programming Trade or language school
    1,260 feet
  3. Nata's Kids Preschool
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Homecrest Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Sheepshead Bay Library
    630 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    250 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 15th Street or Sheepshead Bay Road.

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.