East 17th Street & Avenue W

East 17th Street and Avenue W meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Post Office is 890 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
560 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue W · B49, BM3
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Avenue W Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    560 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
    0.4 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/Avenue W, 890 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue W B49, BM3
    890 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue W.

  • 9 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person 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
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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue W

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue W

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 17th Street

  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Star Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and nine 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 Avenue W or East 17th Street.

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