East 22nd Street & Avenue X

East 22nd Street and Avenue X meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Homecrest Post Office is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ocean Av/Avenue X, is 590 feet away for the B49 and BM3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and nine places to eat.

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East 22nd Street & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ocean Av/Avenue X, 590 feet away, for the B49 and BM3.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B49 …
  2. BM3 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Avenue X.

  • 29 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
    1.9 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2020

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 1929 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 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 February 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 318204 and 318574.

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
    560 feet
  2. Fantasia D. C. C. Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. A2Z Happyland III Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bill Brown Playground
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Homecrest Post Office
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk 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:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.