Gerritsen Avenue & Ford Street
Gerritsen Avenue and Ford Street meet at a three-way junction in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. In 2025, 3,257 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Good Shepherd Catholic Academy is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Ford St, is 40 feet away for the B31, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Ford St, 40 feet away, for the B31.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Ford St B3140 feetB31
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 3095 Avenue U Gas station0.4 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1 mile
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 September 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 3,257 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 271st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 1,498 more were issued.
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
- 14 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1925 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Good Shepherd Catholic Academy School820 feet
- J.H.S. 278 Marine Park School970 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park420 feet
- PS 278 Playground1,140 feet
Houses of worship
- Good Shepherd Church House of worship390 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue S & Gerritsen Avenue 120 feet
- Avenue S & Batchelder Street 320 feet
- Avenue S & Stuart Street 380 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Batchelder Street 470 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Coyle Street 510 feet
- Avenue S & Brown Street 580 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Fillmore Avenue 680 feet
- Avenue T & Ford Street 780 feet
See every intersection along Ford Street or Gerritsen Avenue.