East 21st Street & Emmons Avenue

East 21st Street and Emmons Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner is also named Sheila Nelson Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Bay Piers is 70 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about nine minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 21 places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
Emmons Av/Ocean Av · BM3
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 public space and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.5 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 Emmons Av/Ocean Av, 260 feet away, for the BM3.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Emmons Av/Ocean Av BM3
    260 feet
    BM3

Next buses at this stop

  1. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & East 14th Street at Belt Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
6 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Sheila Nelson Way, a co-naming enacted on December 28, 2009 (Local Law 92 of 2009).

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sheila Nelson Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of East 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Emmons Avenue

  • Metered parking 9 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Emmons Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 304988, 306826 and 312777.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Spanish Colonial Revival. They were built between 1862 and 1934.

  1. F.W.I.L. Lundy Brothers Restaurant Building Designated landmark
    520 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    70 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at 1809 Emmons Avenue Public space
    940 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. NetCost Market Supermarket
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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

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