Gerritsen Avenue & Bartlett Place
Gerritsen Avenue and Bartlett Place meet at a four-way crossing in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Gerritsen Beach Library is 240 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av, is 280 feet away for the B31 and BM4. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Gerritsen Avenue. About 300 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, 280 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av B31, BM4 · Shelter280 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.9 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2015.
What the city has done here
- Enhanced crossing, November 2016
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11229
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 15
- City Council district
- 46
- Police precinct
- 61 and 63 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- 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 300 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.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Bartlett Place
- No parking 14 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
South side of Bartlett Place
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Gerritsen Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Montessori Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 5910 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park50 feet
- Seba Playground1,030 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Gerritsen Beach Library240 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship430 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Abbey Court & Bartlett Place 150 feet
- Beacon Court & Bartlett Place 260 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Gotham Avenue 310 feet
- Canton Court & Bartlett Place 370 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Cyrus Avenue 430 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Florence Avenue 470 feet
- Dare Court & Bartlett Place 480 feet
- Abbey Court & Cyrus Avenue 580 feet
See every intersection along Bartlett Place or Gerritsen Avenue.