East 21st Street & Avenue X

East 21st Street and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bill Brown Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Ocean Av/Avenue X · B49, BM3
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.5 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, 330 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Avenue X B49, BM3
    330 feet
    B49 BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.

  • 26 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
    0.4 miles
  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
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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 1,600 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 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Avenue X

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304136 and 318516.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Brown Playground
    830 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    880 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.5 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 21st 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.