East 19th Street & Avenue X

East 19th Street and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Post Office is 250 feet away, and First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay is 1,180 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
East 19th Street & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.4 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. 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, 350 feet away, for the B49.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.

  • 16 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
    2.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8AM-9AM

South side of Avenue X

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

East side of East 19th Street

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

West side of East 19th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 303612.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 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
  3. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and ten 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or East 19th 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.