East 29th Street & Voorhies Avenue
East 29th Street and Voorhies Avenue 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. P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, is 410 feet away for the B44, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av, 410 feet away, for the B44.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Nostrand Av/Voorhies Av B44410 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 & Belt Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 3743 Nostrand Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.7 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 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. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.
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 1950 and 1961.
Since 2014 at least 2 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of East 29th Street
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of Voorhies Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 052 Sheepshead Bay School340 feet
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 51,060 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Sheepshead Playground600 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center1,180 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- East 28th Street & Voorhies Avenue 260 feet
- Nostrand Avenue & Voorhies Avenue 290 feet
- East 27th Street & Voorhies Avenue 520 feet
- Haring Street & Voorhies Avenue 560 feet
- East 26th Street & Voorhies Avenue 780 feet
- Brown Street & Voorhies Avenue 820 feet
- East 29th Street & Avenue Z 830 feet
- Belt Parkway & Nostrand Avenue 880 feet
See every intersection along East 29th Street or Voorhies Avenue.