Gerritsen Avenue & Plumb 1st Street
Gerritsen Avenue and Plumb 1st Street meet at a three-way junction in Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, is 110 feet away for the B31 and BM4, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Gerritsen Av/Avenue V, 110 feet away, for the B31 and BM4.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Gerritsen Av/Avenue V B31, BM4 · Shelter110 feetB31 BM4
Next buses at this stop
- B31 …
- BM4 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Gerritsen Avenue.
- 8 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 mile by car along the streets.
- 3094 Avenue U Gas station880 feet
- 2705 Nostrand Avenue Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to three travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,400 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 1952 and 1957.
Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 fire station
- 1 park
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Nysarc-Brooklyn Blue Feather School210 feet
- P.S. 194 Raoul Wallenberg School1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Marine Park720 feet
Fire and police
- Engine 321 Fire station1,120 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket590 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,080 feet
Other stores
- Dollar Tree Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.
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 nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Avenue V & Gerritsen Avenue 130 feet
- Avenue V & Knapp Street 400 feet
- Avenue V & Stuart Street 420 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Knapp Street 560 feet
- Gerritsen Avenue & Whitney Avenue 650 feet
- Avenue V & Burnett Street 670 feet
- Avenue V & Brigham Street 730 feet
- Whitney Avenue & Plumb 2nd Street 770 feet
See every intersection along Gerritsen Avenue or Plumb 1st Street.