East 23rd Street & Emmons Avenue
East 23rd Street and Emmons Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sheepshead Bay Piers is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Emmons Av/Bedford Av, is 200 feet away for the BM3, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 15 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Emmons Av/Bedford Av, 200 feet away, for the BM3.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Emmons Av/Bedford Av BM3200 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
Cycling
- 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue at Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 3035 Cropsey Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2023.
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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1999.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black locust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 23rd Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of East 23rd Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Emmons Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 323968.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Sheepshead Bay Fishing Piers.
- Design Team Project Installation by Scott Burton, 1994390 feet
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Bay Piers Park60 feet
- Tucker Place Park710 feet
Supermarkets
- Cherry Hill Gourmet Supermarket0.3 miles
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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:
- Bedford Avenue & Emmons Avenue 100 feet
- Emmons Avenue & Dooley Street 270 feet
- East 26th Street & Emmons Avenue 370 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Shore Parkway 490 feet
- Belt Parkway & Bedford Avenue 590 feet
- East 27th Street & Emmons Avenue 680 feet
- Shore Parkway & East 26th Street 750 feet
- East 28th Street & Emmons Avenue 890 feet
See every intersection along East 23rd Street or Emmons Avenue.