Gerritsen Avenue & Gotham Avenue
Gerritsen Avenue and Gotham Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, at the edge of Marine Park-Plumb Island. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Marine Park is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av, is 60 feet away for the B31 and BM4. 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/Gotham Av, 60 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Gotham Av B31, BM4 · Shelter60 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 2402 Knapp Street Gas station0.8 miles
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers2.2 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 February 2020.
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; the corner is on the edge of the Marine Park-Plumb Island area
- 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 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Gerritsen Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Gotham Avenue
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Montessori Minds Preschool, ages 2 to 51,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park50 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Gerritsen Beach Library250 feet
Houses of worship
- St James Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship130 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Gerritsen Avenue & Florence Avenue 150 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Bartlett Place 310 feet
- Aster Court & Florence Avenue 320 feet
- Bevy Court & Florence Avenue 450 feet
- Abbey Court & Bartlett Place 470 feet
- Beacon Court & Bartlett Place 570 feet
- Celeste Court & Florence Avenue 590 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Everett Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along Gerritsen Avenue or Gotham Avenue.