Gerritsen Avenue & Devon Avenue
Gerritsen Avenue and Devon Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Channel Av, is 380 feet away for the B31, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four 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/Channel Av, 380 feet away, for the B31.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Channel Av B31380 feetB31
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2 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 December 2025.
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
- 8 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 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- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, 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 listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 277 Gerritsen Beach School870 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park70 feet
- Dr John's Playground1,080 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship1,020 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Aster Court & Devon Avenue 170 feet
- Bevy Court & Devon Avenue 310 feet
- Celeste Court & Devon Avenue 440 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Everett Avenue 460 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Channel Avenue 460 feet
- Dictum Court & Devon Avenue 570 feet
- Aster Court & Everett Avenue 630 feet
- Aster Court & Channel Avenue 630 feet
See every intersection along Devon Avenue or Gerritsen Avenue.