East 29th Street & Avenue X

East 29th 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. J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Avenue X, is 300 feet away for the B36, B44 and B44 SBS, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Nostrand Av/Avenue X · B36, B44, B44 SBS
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 29th Street & Avenue X Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Avenue X, 300 feet away, for the B36, B44 and B44 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Nostrand Av/Avenue X B36, B44, B44 SBS · Shelter
    300 feet
    B36 B44 B44 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B36 …
  2. B44 …
  3. B44 SBS …

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 & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1953.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Avenue X

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Congregation Bnos Yaakov School
    530 feet
  2. Sheepshead Bay Child care
    750 feet
  3. J.H.S. 014 Shell Bank School
    1,150 feet
Show all 6
  1. Thinkschool School
    1,200 feet
  2. Wiz Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet
  3. Congregation Lev Bais Yaakov School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Sunlight Garden - Sheepshead Nostrand Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    940 feet
  2. Bill Brown Playground
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Bay Library
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Sheepshead Bay Community Center
    510 feet
  2. Older adult center at 3643 Nostrand Avenue Older adult center
    810 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    560 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Nostrand Plaza Shopping center
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 15 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue X or East 29th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.