Ebony Court & Channel Avenue

Ebony Court and Channel Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Channel Av, is 750 feet away for the B31, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Ebony Court & Channel Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Channel Av, 750 feet away, for the B31.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gerritsen Av/Channel Av B31 · Shelter
    750 feet
    B31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B31 …

Live arrivals

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. 2402 Knapp Street Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    2 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
46
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
Elevation
6 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1945.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2018 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Channel Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Ebony Court

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Marine Park
    760 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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