East 21st Street & Voorhies Avenue

East 21st Street and Voorhies Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Marks RC Church is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Sheepshead Bay, is about seven minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1938 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Sheepshead Bay
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Ocean Av/Voorhies Av · B4
Within a walk
9 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Sheepshead Bay, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Sheepshead Bay B, Q
    0.3 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 Ocean Av/Voorhies Av, 380 feet away, for the B4.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ocean Av/Voorhies Av B4
    380 feet
    B4

Next buses at this stop

  1. B4 …

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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    950 feet
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 10 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
6 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1938 and 1965.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Voorhies Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Aspiring Minds DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    520 feet
  2. Steps to Success III Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. NY Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jerzee Triangle
    1,020 feet
  2. Sheepshead Bay Piers Park
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Emmanuel Epsicopal Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. St Marks RC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. NetCost Market Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and nine 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.