East 18th Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 18th Street and Gravesend Neck Road 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. Yeshivat Ohel Torah is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1959, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
640 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Ocean Av/Neck Rd · T464
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 640 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    640 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/Neck Rd, 680 feet away, for the T464.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    800 feet
  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
    1.9 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 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 1959.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 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
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 18th Street

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

West side of East 18th Street

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

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet
  3. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Blue's Clue's DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    1,050 feet
  2. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    1,050 feet
  2. Older adult center at 2600 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    580 feet
  2. Star Market Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 14 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 18th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.