Florence Avenue & Fane Court
Florence Avenue and Fane Court meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Marine Park is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av, is 910 feet away for the B31 and BM4. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av, 910 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av B31, BM4910 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 2024.
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
- 8 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1930.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Fane Court
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Fane Court
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park920 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Gerritsen Beach Library1,060 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship750 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Florence Avenue & Garland Court 130 feet
- Ebony Court & Florence Avenue 140 feet
- Gotham Avenue & Fane Court South 150 feet
- Florence Avenue & Hazel Court 270 feet
- Dictum Court & Florence Avenue 270 feet
- Florence Avenue & Ira Court 400 feet
- Celeste Court & Florence Avenue 410 feet
- Everett Avenue & Fane Court 460 feet
See every intersection along Fane Court, Fane Court South or Florence Avenue.