Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street
Gerritsen Avenue and Knapp Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Avenue U, is 310 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Avenue U, 310 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Avenue U B31, BM4310 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station320 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
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)
- Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1951 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and December 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Gerritsen Avenue (east side).
West side of Gerritsen Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Knapp Street
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8AM-9AM
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 320678.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 fire station
- 1 nursing home or hospice
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School770 feet
- A2z Happyland Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K790 feet
- Bambi Day Care II School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K890 feet
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- Big Dreams Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 51,090 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park680 feet
Health care
- Caring Hospice Services of New York Nursing home or hospice1,050 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station550 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket20 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy520 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store1,110 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue U & Brigham Street 330 feet
- Avenue U & Gerritsen Avenue 350 feet
- Avenue V & Gerritsen Avenue 430 feet
- Avenue V & Knapp Street 510 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Plumb 1st Street 560 feet
- Avenue U & Bragg Street 590 feet
- Avenue U & Stuart Street 630 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 720 feet
See every intersection along Gerritsen Avenue or Knapp Street.