Gerritsen Avenue & Cyrus Avenue
Gerritsen Avenue and Cyrus Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Marine Park is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Cyrus Av, is 60 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.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Cyrus Av, 60 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Cyrus Av B31, BM460 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station1 mile
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.4 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 May 2023.
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
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 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the black cherry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.
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 5470 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park60 feet
- Seba Playground600 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Gerritsen Beach Library670 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship860 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Abbey Court & Cyrus Avenue 150 feet
- Beacon Court & Cyrus Avenue 260 feet
- Canton Court & Cyrus Avenue 370 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Bartlett Place 430 feet
- Dare Court & Cyrus Avenue 480 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Seba Avenue 580 feet
- Abbey Court & Bartlett Place 580 feet
- Eaton Court & Cyrus Avenue 590 feet
See every intersection along Cyrus Avenue or Gerritsen Avenue.