East 19th Street & Avenue Z

East 19th Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Saint Mark Catholic Academy Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. St Marks RC Church is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about five minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Avenue Z/E 19 St · B4, B36, B49
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,310 feet
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Postcards from Sheepshead Bay” (1998) by Deborah Goletz at the Sheepshead Bay station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 19 St, 130 feet away, for the B4, B36 and B49.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 19 St B4, B36, B49 · Shelter
    130 feet
    B4 B36 B49
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …
  2. B36 …
  3. B49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
7 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Saint Mark Catholic Academy Way, a co-naming enacted on August 13, 2025 (Local Law 121 of 2025).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1957.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Saint Mark Catholic Academy Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Avenue Z

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of East 19th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of East 19th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    260 feet
  2. Bright Start PT & Pta Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    730 feet
  3. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. Magic Kingdom of Sheepshead Bay Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerzee Triangle
    970 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    180 feet
  2. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    1,260 feet
  3. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    400 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  3. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and 17 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 Avenue Z or East 19th Street.

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