East 21st Street & Gravesend Neck Road

East 21st Street and Gravesend Neck Road meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Neck Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Neck Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Ocean Av/Neck Rd · T464
Within a walk
12 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 21st Street & Gravesend Neck Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Neck Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Neck Rd Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave U Q
    0.5 miles
    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/Neck Rd, 370 feet away, for the T464.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Neck Rd T464
    370 feet
    T464

Next buses at this stop

  1. T464 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 2001 Gravesend Neck Road Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1954.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Gravesend Neck Road

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Blue's Clue's DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    320 feet
  2. P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb School
    500 feet
  3. Brooklyn Star Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 6
  1. Yeshivat Ohel Torah School
    790 feet
  2. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Galapo Playground
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Nachlath Zion Jewish Center House of worship
    590 feet
  2. Ocean Avenue Jewish Center House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 2600 Ocean Avenue Older adult center
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Star Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 17 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Gravesend Neck Road.

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.