East 28th Street & Avenue Z
East 28th Street and Avenue Z meet at a four-way crossing 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 Playground is 300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Avenue Z/E 28 St, is 100 feet away for the B36, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Avenue Z/E 28 St, 100 feet away, for the B36.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Avenue Z/E 28 St B36100 feetB36
Next buses at this stop
- B36 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.1 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 July 2024.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,000 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 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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
- Yeshiva of Kings Bay School410 feet
- Yeshivat Mekor Haim School410 feet
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 5490 feet
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- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay School980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground300 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket1,150 feet
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center610 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and six food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- East 29th Street & Avenue Z 260 feet
- East 27th Street & Avenue Z 260 feet
- East 28th Street & Jerome Avenue 460 feet
- East 26th Street & Avenue Z 520 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Avenue Z 550 feet
- East 28th Street & Avenue Y 780 feet
- Bedford Avenue & Avenue Z 790 feet
- Avenue Z & Haring Street 820 feet
See every intersection along Avenue Z or East 28th Street.