East 17th Street & Avenue X

East 17th Street and Avenue X 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. Homecrest Post Office is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue X · B49
Within a walk
8 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    B 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 X, 890 feet away, for the B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue X B49
    890 feet
    B49

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.

  • 2 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

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

South side of Avenue X

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

East side of East 17th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Back-in parking only 7 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320251.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 254 Dag Hammarskjold School
    870 feet
  2. Magic Kingdom of Sheepshead Bay Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or East 17th Street.

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.