Gerritsen Avenue & Fillmore Avenue
Gerritsen Avenue and Fillmore Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. PS 278 Playground is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fillmore Av/Gerritsen Av, is 70 feet away for the B100, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them schools, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Fillmore Av/Gerritsen Av, 70 feet away, for the B100.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Fillmore Av/Gerritsen Av B10070 feetB100
Next buses at this stop
- B100 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with 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, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station0.5 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
- Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2022
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)
- Madison
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 older adult center
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- J.H.S. 278 Marine Park School720 feet
- Good Shepherd Catholic Academy School1,010 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park500 feet
- PS 278 Playground620 feet
Houses of worship
- Good Shepherd Church House of worship680 feet
Community centers and public services
- Older adult center at 3000 Fillmore Avenue Older adult center1,150 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gerritsen Avenue & Batchelder Street 210 feet
- Fillmore Avenue & Stuart Street 280 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Brown Street 290 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Avenue R 450 feet
- Avenue S & Batchelder Street 510 feet
- Fillmore Avenue & Burnett Street 540 feet
- Avenue S & Gerritsen Avenue 560 feet
- Avenue R & Haring Street 630 feet
See every intersection along Fillmore Avenue or Gerritsen Avenue.