Ford Street & Kouwenhoven Lane
Ford Street and Kouwenhoven Lane 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. Playground 286 is 940 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Batchelder St/Avenue Z, is 400 feet away for the BM3, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them playgrounds. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1958 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Batchelder St/Avenue Z, 400 feet away, for the BM3.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Batchelder St/Avenue Z BM3400 feetBM3
Next buses at this stop
- BM3 …
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.
- 2472 Knapp Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 1524 Sheepshead Bay Road Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11235
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1958 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 playgrounds
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Bright Beginnings in Brooklyn Pre-K950 feet
- Brain Fitness Preschool, ages 2 to 51,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Playground 286 Playground940 feet
- Yak Playground1,210 feet
- Sheepshead Playground1,220 feet
Supermarkets
- ALDI Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Nostrand Plaza Shopping center940 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- 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:
- Avenue Z & Ford Street 110 feet
- Avenue Z & Batchelder Street 370 feet
- Avenue Z & Coyle Street 390 feet
- Avenue Z & Brown Street 630 feet
- Voorhies Avenue & Ford Street 710 feet
- Avenue Z & Haring Street 890 feet
- Batchelder Street & Voorhies Avenue 970 feet
- Coyle Street & Voorhies Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along Ford Street.