East 19th Street & Voorhies Avenue

East 19th Street and Voorhies Avenue 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. St Mark Catholic Academy is 730 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 32 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1938 and 1973, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
1,200 feet · 5 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
410 feet
Ocean Av/Voorhies Av · B4
Within a walk
10 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 1,200 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    1,200 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 Ocean Av/Voorhies Av, 410 feet away, for the B4.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Voorhies Av B4 · Shelter
    410 feet
    B4
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    880 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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 April 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
5 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1938 and 1973.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the hardy rubber tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of East 19th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 19th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Voorhies Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Voorhies Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Schools 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
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  3. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    730 feet
Show all 6
  1. Edp School of Computer Programming Trade or language school
    860 feet
  2. Nata's Kids Preschool
    870 feet
  3. Aspiring Minds DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    450 feet
  2. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    790 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,080 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    450 feet
  2. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 16 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 19th Street or Voorhies Avenue.

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.