East 21st Street & Avenue Z

East 21st Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Jerzee Triangle is 350 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1957, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
190 feet
Avenue Z/E 22 St · B36
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.4 miles
    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 22 St, 190 feet away, for the B36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue Z/E 22 St B36
    190 feet
    B36

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
7 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 1957.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. St Mark Catholic Academy School
    880 feet
  2. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerzee Triangle
    350 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    510 feet
  2. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    630 feet
  3. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bay Post Office
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Nostrand Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue Z or East 21st Street.

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.