East 17th Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 17th Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about a minute on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
350 feet · 1 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
970 feet
Ocean Av/Neck Rd · T464
Within a walk
7 places
6 religious buildings and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 17th Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    350 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, 970 feet away, for the T464.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Neck Rd T464
    970 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    1,100 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 17th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 310564.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and eight 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 17th 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.