East 27th Street & Voorhies Avenue
East 27th Street and Voorhies Avenue 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. Yeshiva of Kings Bay is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, is 940 feet away for the B44, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, 940 feet away, for the B44.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av B44940 feetB44
Next buses at this stop
- B44 …
Cycling
- 4 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 3010 Ocean Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1964.
Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Voorhies Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Voorhies Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay School870 feet
- Yeshiva of Kings Bay School970 feet
- Yeshivat Mekor Haim School970 feet
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- Aspiring Minds DC Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground1,120 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.4 miles
- NetCost Market Supermarket0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and five food stores.
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:
- East 28th Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- East 26th Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- East 29th Street & Voorhies Avenue 520 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 530 feet
- Shore Parkway & East 27th Street 540 feet
- East 24th Street & Voorhies Avenue 800 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 810 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue Z 830 feet
See every intersection along East 27th Street or Voorhies Avenue.